Jadarian Price · Rico Dowdle · 2026 week 9

Jadarian Price or Rico Dowdle?

Wondering who you should start this week — Jadarian Price or Rico Dowdle? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Rico Dowdle — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.4 points. The matchup leans Rico Dowdle (CIN allow the 21st-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jadarian Price	vs ARI	9.1	15th	4	972	healthy
Rico Dowdle START	@ CIN	9.5	21st	11.4	832	healthy

RBs vs ARI recently: Blake Corum 12 pts (W6) · RJ Harvey 12 pts (W7) · Javonte Williams 5.7 pts (W8).

RBs vs CIN recently: Ollie Gordon II 14.8 pts (W5) · Derrick Henry 4.9 pts (W7) · Tony Pollard 25.7 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.4 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Jadarian Price faces ARI, 15th most generous to RBs.
Rico Dowdle faces CIN, 21st most generous to RBs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Jadarian Price carries the higher trade value — 972 against 832 (a 14% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Jadarian Price gets the most. Momentum: Jadarian Price -27 and Rico Dowdle +267 over the last 30 days.

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.