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ArticleFantasy Football Start/Sit Advice: Running Backs (Week 1)
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Rico Dowdle did it again last season. Dowdle fought to get to the top of the Carolina running back depth chart as he wrestled the starting job away from Chuba Hubbard. In Weeks 5-18, Dowdle averaged 18.6 touches and 87.7 total yards as the RB10 in fantasy points per game.
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Dowdle wrestled the starting job away from Chuba Hubbard and finished as the RB10 in fantasy points per game in Weeks 5-18 (18.6 touches, 87.7 total yards per game). He excelled in both rushing and receiving, ranking 23rd in explosive run rate, 17th in missed tackle rate, 10th in yards after contact per attempt, 17th in yards per route run, and 16th in first downs per route run. Now reunited with Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh as a backfield complement to Jaylen Warren.

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