Rico Dowdle Jr. vs. Patriots - NFL - Player Props, Lines and Trends

Rico Dowdle Jr. has player prop bet markets available on Sunday when he suits up at 1 p.m. ET live on CBS. This matchup in Week 2 sees Dowdle's Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) in action at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts against the New England Patriots (0-1).

Rico Dowdle Jr. Player Props

Dowdle Rushing Insights

• Dowdle's 63.3 rushing yards per game average last year is 30.8 greater than Sunday's over/under.
• In 11 of 17 games last season (64.7%) Dowdle racked up more than 32.5 rushing yards.
• Dowdle's average rushing yards over/under last year was 53.5, which he outpaced by 9.8 yards per game.
• Dowdle went over his rushing yards total in 50.0% of his opportunities (seven of 14 games) last year.
• Dowdle had at least one trip to the end zone as a runner in five games last season, with multiple rushing TDs once.

Dowdle Receiving Insights

• Dowdle's 17.5 receiving yards per game average from last season is 4.0 yards more than his prop bet over/under for Sunday's game (13.5).
• In 47.1% of his games last year (eight out of 17), Dowdle had collected more than 13.5 receiving yards.
• Dowdle's average prop bet for receiving yards was an over/under of 11.9 last year. He collected 5.6 more yards per game than that average.
• Dowdle hit the over on receiving yards prop bets in eight of his 13 games (61.5%) a season ago.
• In one of 17 games last year, Dowdle had a receiving touchdown. But he had no games with multiple receiving TDs.

New England Patriots Rankings (2025)

• The Patriots had the NFL's sixth-ranked defense against the run last year, giving up 101.7 yards per game.
• The Steelers are up against the NFL's fourth-ranked defense in terms of rushing TDs conceded last year (11).

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