RB PIT Out
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Rico Dowdle?
The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.
Sit
Listed Out — sit him this week.
Sit call: Rico Dowdle projects for 12.3 PPR points this week, ranked #17 among RBs by our projection model. vs IND is a tough matchup for RBs — the model applies a -6% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 47.5 — 101% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12.6 |
| 2 | 11.4 |
| 3 | 15.2 |
| 4 | 12.4 |
| 5 this week | 12.3 |
| 6 | 13.3 |
| 7 | 12.3 |
| 8 | 13.3 |
| 9 | — |
| 10 | 15.1 |
| 11 | 13.5 |
| 12 | 10.1 |
| 13 | 12.4 |
| 14 | 11.3 |
| 15 | 13.8 |
| 16 | 14.2 |
| 17 | 12.9 |
| 18 | 13.8 |