Check out these betting trends before you place player prop wagers on Rico Dowdle for Sunday’s game, which starts at 8:20 PM ET on NBC. Dowdle and the Dallas Cowboys (2-2) take the field against the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) in Week 5 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Rico Dowdle week 5 player props
- Matchup: Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers
- Time: 8:20 PM ET
- Date: October 6, 2024
- Rushing yards prop: Over 40.5 (-118)
- Receiving yards prop: Over 14.5 (-111)
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Dowdle rushing stats and trends
- Dowdle’s rushing yards prop bet for Sunday’s game is set at 40.5 yards. That is 7.0 more than his season average of 33.5.
- So far this season, he has out-rushed this week’s prop bet total for rushing yards (40.5 yards) once.
- Dowdle has outpaced his rushing yards prop bet average on the season (33.0) by 0.5 yards.
- In three of four opportunities this season (75.0%), Dowdle has gone over his rushing yards prop total.
- He has not made it to paydirt on the ground through four games.
Cowboys vs. Steelers stats and trends
- The Steelers allow 86.8 yards per game on the ground, the NFL’s third-ranked rush defense.
- The 174.5 yards per game the Steelers are allowing through the air makes them the NFL’s eighth-ranked pass defense.
- The Cowboys rank 19th in pass defense this season (209.5 passing yards allowed per game), but they’ve been shining on offense, ranking fifth-best in the NFL with 255.5 passing yards per game.
- The Cowboys rank worst in rushing offense (75.3 rushing yards per game), but they’ve played better on defense, ranking 26th with 145.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
- The Cowboys are gaining 5.6 yards per play (18th in the league), while surrendering 5.8 per play on the defensive side of the ball (20th in the NFL) this season.
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