Lew Nichols III for Rico Dowdle (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Targets
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 30	‐	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. ATL	vs. ATL	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 3 star matchup. RBs perform close to their average vs ATL	This is a 3 star matchup. RBs perform close to their average vs ATL	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	177.3	0.0	-
Avg Game	10.4	0.0	-
Avg Projection	153.1	‐	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	24	24	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Rico Dowdle	Lew Nichols III	Add Player

Nate Marcum N. Marcum Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/13	#28	‐	-

Pierre Camus P. Camus Fantasy Endgame Fantasy Endgame 07/13	#26	‐	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/13	#28	‐	-

Elliot Berkovits E. Berkovits Packer Report Packer Report 07/13	#30	‐	-

Wolf Trelles-Heard W. Trelles-... FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/13	#33	‐	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/13	#26	‐	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/12	#34	‐	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#29	‐	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#28	‐	-

Adam Dove A. Dove The Fantasy Couriers The Fantasy Couriers 07/09	#35	‐	-

Jeff Boggis J. Boggis Fantasy Football Empire Fantasy Football E... 07/11	#29	‐	-

Brian Hartman B. Hartman QB List QB List 07/11	#28	‐	-

Matthew Hill M. Hill DataForce Fantasy Football DataForce Fantasy ... 07/10	#28	‐	-

Andrew Scott A. Scott Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/10	#32	‐	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#29	‐	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 07/10	#36	#94	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 07/12	#31	‐	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 07/09	#23	‐	-

Chris Welsh C. Welsh FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/09	#31	‐	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 07/08	#32	‐	-

Kevin Roberts K. Roberts The DFS Build The DFS Build 07/08	#30	‐	-

Joshua Kimmel J. Kimmel FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/08	#21	‐	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 07/12	#32	‐	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/08	#27	‐	-

Justin Lampkin J. Lampkin Clock Management Fantasy Football Clock Management F... 07/08	#28	‐	-

Justin Weigal J. Weigal FantasySharks FantasySharks 07/08	#34	‐	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/07	#25	‐	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#31	‐	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 07/06	#31	‐	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/04	#30	‐	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/13	#33	‐	-

Steven Pintado S. Pintado QB List QB List 07/06	#30	‐	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 07/05	#27	‐	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 07/05	#30	‐	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/04	#32	‐	-

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 07/04	#31	‐	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/12	#31	‐	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/03	#27	‐	-

Seth Miller S. Miller Crossroads Fantasy Football Crossroads Fantasy... 07/02	#34	‐	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/01	#31	‐	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/01	#38	‐	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 07/06	#35	‐	-

Benjamin Klotz B. Klotz Touchdown Squad Touchdown Squad 06/30	#32	‐	-

Judy Adabie J. Adabie Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 07/07	#33	‐	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 07/10	#33	‐	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#28	‐	-

James Emrick-Wilson J. Emrick-W... The Armchair Sports Corner The Armchair Sport... 06/28	#28	‐	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley The Fantasy First Down The Fantasy First ... 06/28	#29	‐	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 06/28	#29	‐	-

Blake Fincher B. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe Fantasy Football Cafe 06/26	#29	‐	-

Nick Zylak N. Zylak Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 06/25	#28	‐	-

Scott Bogman S. Bogman FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/13	#29	‐	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 06/19	#36	‐	-

Lou Brunson L. Brunson Optimus Fantasy Football Optimus Fantasy Fo... 06/19	#27	‐	-

Ellis Johnson E. Johnson FantasyPros FantasyPros 06/18	#25	‐	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 04/15	#31	‐	-

Bradley Stalder B. Stalder Player Profiler Player Profiler 06/15	#28	‐	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/02	#26	‐	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/08	#31	‐	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 06/05	#27	‐	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/11	#32	‐	-

Muntradamus M. Beast Dome Beast Dome 06/10	#31	‐	-

Nic Bodiford N. Bodiford NerdBall Fantay Football NerdBall Fantay Fo... 06/08	#38	‐	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/09	#35	‐	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#27	‐	-

Stacy Perez S. Perez Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 05/29	#27	‐	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 05/26	#33	‐	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 05/26	#28	‐	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 07/08	#27	‐	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 06/04	#27	‐	-

Joe Orrico J. Orrico No Expert Fantasy Football No Expert Fantasy ... 05/21	#31	‐	-

Michael Hauff M. Hauff FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 05/21	#31	‐	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 05/18	#32	‐	-

Wyatt Bertolone W. Bertolone Player Profiler Player Profiler 07/01	#30	‐	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/12	#37	‐	-

Jacob Hubman J. Hubman The Fantasy Headliners The Fantasy Headli... 05/11	#29	‐	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 05/09	#31	‐	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 05/11	#33	‐	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 04/29	#31	‐	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 05/04	#47	‐	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#28	‐	-

Brad Evans B. Evans Bally Sports Bally Sports 04/27	#33	‐	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#34	‐	-

Jacob Gibbs J. Gibbs SportsLine SportsLine 06/09	#32	‐	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/20	#34	‐	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#32	‐	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#30	‐	-

Justin Jaksa J. Jaksa Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 03/24	#30	‐	-

Kyle August K. August Fantasy Football Smackdown Fantasy Football S... 03/09	#30	‐	-

Smitty S. TheFantasyFootballShow TheFantasyFootball... 01/07	#24	‐	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 01/07	#28	‐	-

Nick Vertucci N. Vertucci Sundays Are For Football Sundays Are For Fo... 01/07	#28	‐	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
2026 Schedule
Week 1	vs. ATL	vs. ATL
Week 2	at NE	at NE
Week 3	vs. CIN	vs. CIN
Week 4	at CLE	at CLE
Week 5	vs. IND	vs. IND
Week 6	at TB	at TB
Week 7	at NO	at NO
Week 8	vs. CLE	vs. CLE
Week 9	BYE WEEK	BYE WEEK
Week 10	at CIN	at CIN
Week 11	at PHI	at PHI
Week 12	vs. DEN	vs. DEN
Week 13	vs. HOU	vs. HOU
Week 14	at JAC	at JAC
Week 15	vs. BAL	vs. BAL
Week 16	vs. CAR	vs. CAR
Week 17	at TEN	at TEN
Week 18	at BAL	at BAL

Player Projections Comparison
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
Rushing

Rush Attempts	208.2	‐
Rush Yards	899.0	‐
Rush TDs	6.2	‐

Receiving

Receptions	31.4	‐
Rec Yards	220.3	‐
Rec TDs	1.0	‐

Points

Fantasy Points	153.1	‐

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
2025 Points
Week 1	1.6	‐
Week 2	1.9	‐
Week 3	9.8	‐
Week 4	3.0	‐
Week 5	29.4	‐
Week 6	29.9	0.0
Week 7	9.6	‐
Week 8	5.4	‐
Week 9	26.1	0.0
Week 10	12.3	‐
Week 11	10.0	‐
Week 12	7.4	‐
Week 13	7.9	‐
Week 14	‐	‐
Week 15	11.4	‐
Week 16	4.3	‐
Week 17	6.3	‐
Week 18	1.0	‐
Total	177.3	0.0
Average	10.4	0.0

Player Targets Comparison
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
2025 Targets
Week 1	3	‐
Week 2	1	‐
Week 3	1	‐
Week 4	1	‐
Week 5	4	‐
Week 6	5	0
Week 7	2	‐
Week 8	0	‐
Week 9	3	0
Week 10	3	‐
Week 11	7	‐
Week 12	4	‐
Week 13	2	‐
Week 14	‐	‐
Week 15	1	‐
Week 16	6	‐
Week 17	5	‐
Week 18	2	‐

Notes for Player Combination
	Rico Dowdle RB - PIT Rico Dowdle RB - PIT	Lew Nichols III RB - PIT Lew Nichols III RB - PIT
Expert
Derek Brown FantasyPros	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. Dowdle also excelled last season on the ground and in the receiving game. He ranked 23rd in explosive run rate, 17th in missed tackle rate, tenth in yards after contact per attempt, 17th in yards per route run, and 16th in first downs per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). After that strong season, Dowdle now finds himself reunited with Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh as a backfield complement to Jaylen Warren. The division of the Steelers' running back workload is up in the air for the 2026 season, but I won't count against Dowdle's ability to rise to the competition for RB1 duties. We'll likely see a committee approach for Pittsburgh this season, but Dowdle could easily return RB2 value if not strong flex value this season.