Sunday Night Football
Dallas @ Pittsburgh
Team Totals: Cowboys 20.5, Steelers 23.5
The Cowboys and Dak Prescott travel to Pittsburgh off 10 days rest following Week 4’s win over a Giants offense that mustered five field goals for their only points. HC Mike Tomlin’s defense wrecked Kirk Cousins (QB31) and Bo Nix (QB28) to begin the year but have since struggled to keep the lid on Justin Herbert (season-high 8.0 adjusted yards per attempt in Week 3) and Joe Flacco (QB14 in three quarters). Prescott sits top-10 in both completion rate (58.1%) and YPA (7.6) under duress even if the Steelers create chaos. … Although Rico Dowdle’s share of RB touches has increased in every game (including his season-high 66.6% mark against the Giants), his perceived seat atop this hierarchy is overblown given Hunter Luepke’s season-highs in carries (4) and routes run (16, 50%), most recently earning two targets (7.6%) to Dowdle’s one (3.8%) — the latter just happened to turn his lone catch upfield for a 15-yard score. To make matters worse, Ezekiel Elliott matched Dowdle in touches (1) inside the 10. Rico qualifies as an RB3 in 12-team leagues despite being better at throwing a football over them mountains. Luepke is the more interesting play in Showdown over Elliott, who may not reach double-digit carries in any appearance for the rest of 2024.
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