Rico Dowdle

They did not have a clean showing [chuckles] last week.

Uh, Rico Dowdle had an 8% success rate on the ground.

Like, that's...

Rico Dowdle's not an 8% success rate rusher.

Like, that-- They had just straight up issues, uh, on offense.

Um, and it's just a much tougher matchup against the, the Patriots.

Uh, and again, they played the fewest amount of heavier personnel sets in the NFL in week one, and actually two of their best runs came out of those heavier personnel looks.

So...

I'm saying nay.

I'm saying on a third and nine from their own one-yard line, Rico Dowdle gets a handoff on third and nine from their own one and goes 99 yards.

So one run, they get one yard shy of 100, and you'd like to think that if that happens, they'll get to 100.

So he's

Once again, they need to play Jalen Warren more.

Rico Dowdle had almost 15 more snaps than Jalen Warren had in this game.

If you're passing the ball 40 times, that should never happen.

That should be Jalen Warren on the field for most of those.

Actually, I'm going to change this to 36 because Jordan Mason's out.

Kalmanongai, Rico Dowdle, Blake Corum at 33, J.K. Dobbins, Kalon Black, and Tony Pollard.

So some interesting ones in there.

Probably would move Henderson up.

Yeah, if he doesn't catch touchdowns, he might be in for a long season with Adams.

Rico Dowdle starting over DK Metcalf is very questionable.

I thought Dowdle would get carries and stuff, but he was non-existent in that game.

I watched a lot of that Steelers game.

But if I had to pick between them, I'm gonna say he finds the end zone.

I don't think it's likely he doesn't, especially because, what are you gonna do? You gonna send Rico Dowdle and Jalen Warren out there and say, "Hey, guys, the offensive line can't really block for you, and neither of you guys have really had a successful drive this season." Now granted, through one game, but you never know.

"Go score some touchdowns." No, not gonna happen.

I'm gonna, I'll go Aaron.

I'd

still rather give him to Dowdle.

Yeah.

I mean,

But you got to take care of the ball, bro, so you don't minimize your opportunities.

Well, because the share of the pie as far as the snap count went to Rico Dowdle in that first game, and Rico Dowdle was not having any room to run whatsoever, but it was because of those ball security issues early on.

But I think Rico's going to get more of the carries anyway just because of the division of labor and how we kind of seeing him as the more bell cow back, which I'm not against.

I'm just saying if you want the explosives, I think we are capable of having some explosive from the running back room.

What you say about Warren is fair.

When they do screen it out to him, get him out in space, he is a bursty type of back player.

Rico Dowdle, and I'm not saying Warren's not physical because he is, but Rico Dowdle has a bit of a hammer to his game and a physical presence that I think you can really utilize early on in football games to establish a tone.

I think they did a good job establishing the tone with Friermuth early in that game.