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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

89 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Rico DowdleRB · Panthers · graded
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J.K. DobbinsRB · Broncos · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Rico DowdleJ.K. Dobbins
Yards per carry
4.667th
5.085th
Rush EPA per carry
-0.0163rd
+0.0379th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
-0.0244th
-0.369th
Broken tacklesper touch
1%40th
0%11th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
9%65th
13%89th
Touches per game
16.878th
16.777th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
17%49th
8%7th
Yards per touch
4.862nd
4.865th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's backsamong 89 backs
Rico DowdleJ.K. Dobbins
RicoRPO backShort-yardage backRed-zone back
J.K.Between the tacklesGround onlyStatic
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
52%41st
65%93rd
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
40%47th
26%19th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
18%51st
8%7th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
12%61st
4%16th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
29%80th
12%39th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
32%81st
21%53rd
RPOcarries on run-pass options
23%85th
12%53rd
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
49%28th
43%13th

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Rico Dowdle
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J.K. Dobbins
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsRushing and receiving EPA

J.K. Dobbins gets the most on runs (+4.2 EPA), Rico Dowdle gets the most after the catch (+43.4 EPA), and Rico also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−7.3).

Rico Dowdle−3.2
J.K. Dobbins−0.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartRicoJ.K.
Air yardson catches−34.6−0.69 a target · 37th−7.3−0.52 a target · 74th
After the catch+43.4+0.87 a target · 52nd+5.4+0.39 a target · 4th
Incompletionstargets not caught−7.3−0.15 a target · 53rd−3.1−0.22 a target · 26th
Interceptionswhen targeted−2.3−0.05 a target · 17th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs−1.4−0.01 a carry · 69th+4.2+0.03 a carry · 80th
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9–
Total−3.2286 touches−0.8167 touches

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Rico Dowdle

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J.K. Dobbins

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Designed carries by gap, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · R.Dowdle and J.DobbinsSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Rico DowdleJ.K. Dobbins

Toucheslast 3 games

417
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Rico 13.7J.K. 17.3

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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Rico 45.3J.K. 88

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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Rico -0.32J.K. +0.02

Targetslast 3 games

13
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Rico 4.3J.K. 1.3

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 78+ · dud under 16
R.Dowdle
16Wk 119Wk 238Wk 330Wk 4234Wk 5239Wk 696Wk 754Wk 8141Wk 963Wk 10100Wk 1174Wk 1279Wk 1314Wk 1454Wk 1543Wk 1663Wk 1730Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
81 ± 65
J.Dobbins
68Wk 185Wk 283Wk 3105Wk 484Wk 540Wk 680Wk 7121Wk 859Wk 984Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
81 ± 21

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (1253 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardR.DowdleJ.Dobbins
Points a game10.4RB2210.5RB20
Season177.3RB16104.9RB37
Most weeks3.3–12.17.6–14.3
Booms · busts4 · 512+ · under 55 · 112+ · under 5
Half PPRR.DowdleJ.Dobbins
Points a game11.6RB2111.0RB24
Season196.8RB17110.4RB40
Most weeks3.9–13.58.1–14.8
Booms · busts3 · 616+ · under 6.50 · 216+ · under 6.5
PPRR.DowdleJ.Dobbins
Points a game12.7RB2211.6RB26
Season216.3RB18115.9RB43
Most weeks4.3–15.28.6–15.3
Booms · busts3 · 520+ · under 80 · 220+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekR.DowdleJ.Dobbins
Wk 11263
Wk 2976
Wk 33083
Wk 432101
Wk 520679
Wk 618340
Wk 77981
Wk 854111
Wk 913061
Wk 105377
Wk 1145·
Wk 1238·
Wk 1358·
Wk 1549·
Wk 1629·
Wk 1759·
Wk 1810·
Season1076772

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonR.DowdleJ.Dobbins
Carries236153
Rush yards1076772
Rush TD64
Targets5014
Yards per carry4.630th5.014th
Rush EPA per carry-0.0133rd+0.0319th
EPA per target-0.0247th-0.3676th
Broken tackles1%54th0%71st
Explosive rate9%32nd13%10th
Touches per game16.820th16.721st
Receiving share17%46th8%83rd
Yards per touch4.834th4.832nd
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Rico DowdleJ.K. Dobbins
255075
20202022202320242025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Rico Dowdle2020 to 2025 · 5 seasons565673,2301657.72024: 1,32883.0 a game80.8above his career rate
J.K. Dobbins2020 to 2025 · 5 seasons475823,3912672.12024: 1,05881.4 a game80.9above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.