Rico Dowdle Week 11 Outlook - Texans at Cowboys

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Nov 14th 2024, 1:05pm EST

Last week's blowout loss to Philly skewed Dowdle's numbers. In the first three-quarters of that game, Dowdle played 58% of the snaps, handling 58% of the rushing work and a 38% route share. That route share isn't far off the 46% that he saw in Week 9 when he played 71% of the snaps and had 17 touches and 107 total yards. I expect Dowdle to see 13-15 touches this week. Since Week 5, among 54 qualifying backs, Dowdle has flashed more juice, ranking 27th in explosive run rate and 19th in yards after contact per attempt. Dowdle has a tough road to travel this week. Houston has remained a tough run defense. Since Week 5, they have allowed the 11th-fewest rushing yards per game, the fifth-lowest missed tackle rate, the sixth-lowest yards per carry to zone runs, and the fourth-lowest success rate to zone runs (since Week 5, Dowdle 55.1% zone).