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Rico Dowdle Racks Up 22 Touches

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Mon, Nov 25 2024 5:02 AM UTC

Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle tied his career high with 22 touches in Sunday's win over the Commanders. He carried 19 times -- second most this season -- and caught all 3 targets. Dowdle tallied 86 yards on the ground (4.5 per carry) and 12 yards receiving (4.0 per catch). He watched the team's only two offensive TDs go elsewhere.

2024 Fantasy Football Impact

Dallas had just one possession travel inside the Washington 10-yard line and didn't give him a shot.

QB Trey Lance lost 3 yards on first-and-goal from the 3, and then Cooper Rush hit WR Jalen Tolbert for the TD on the ensuing play.

It's clearly a positive that Dowdle's dominating backfield work. Ezekiel Elliott drew just 3 carries and 0 targets against Washington.

But despite Sunday's 34 team points, Dallas remains a bad offense in which to be the lead back.

Dowdle at least gets positive matchups with the Giants and Panthers among the next three games.

Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.