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Rico Dowdle’s making the most of a very limited opportunity

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There’s not much positive you can say about the 2024 Dallas Cowboys. But even as we’re all ready to be done with this season, the thick gloom surrounding the team has a few silver linings. One of them is Rico Dowdle, who is managing to look good as the primary running back even with little help from the rest of the offense.

The Cowboys were held to a putrid 49 net passing yards against the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday. Despite that, Dowdle still had 53 rushing yards on just 12 carries. He was at about the same per-carry production as he's had all year, a solid 4.