Too close to call: Rico Dowdle (7.5) and Zach Charbonnet (7.5) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Rico Dowdle faces the 1st-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Rico Dowdle RB · PIT | Zach Charbonnet RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.9 | 7.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NO | Bye |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-softest (29.7 pts/g allowed) | — |
| Recent usage | 33% carry share (last 3) | 44% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Rico Dowdle projects for 7.5 PPR points and Zach Charbonnet for 7.5, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 7.5 PPR points for Rico Dowdle and 7.5 for Zach Charbonnet.
The sources range from 5.9 to 8.9 for Dowdle and from 7.5 to 7.5 for Charbonnet. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Zach Charbonnet is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Charbonnet at 7.5 PPR points, against 5.9 for Rico Dowdle.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rico Dowdle has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Dowdle at 8.9 PPR points, against 7.5 for Zach Charbonnet.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rico Dowdle plays NO and Zach Charbonnet is on a bye in Week 7.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Rico Dowdle has drawn 33% of his team's carries, and Zach Charbonnet 44% of his team's carries.
Zach Charbonnet has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Rico Dowdle has no injury designation, and Zach Charbonnet is on a bye.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Rico Dowdle is projected by 5 of them and Zach Charbonnet by 1.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.