Report: Rico Dowdle day-to-day with toe injury
ProFootballTalk reports Rico Dowdle is day-to-day with a toe injury after returning briefly against New England before being ruled out. He is listed as questionable ahead of Pittsburgh's game against Cincinnati.
Steelers running back Rico Dowdle was able to return to Sunday's loss to the Patriots after being called questionable to return from a toe injury in the first half, but he was ultimately ruled out of the game.
Sharp take
Sharp SixHoldDowdle has scored 6.4 and 4.1 FFPC points in two weeks, so the toe is not the problem here. He is rostered in every league that matters and projects for 162.1, which is the only reason to keep holding. Pittsburgh as 3.5-point underdogs in a 42.5 total does not fix a backfield that has produced nothing. Hold him on your bench and start someone who touches the ball. If you were counting on him as an RB2, that was the mistake, not the toe.
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