Aaron Jones Sr. or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 139.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 73.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 62 percent of MIN snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, David Montgomery has been on the field for 51 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 6 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 David Montgomery played 17 games and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He carried 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 0.1 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 26 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 158 to 132.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 4 more catches than David Montgomery, 28 to 24.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 51 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 59 percent against 52 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.