Bhayshul Tuten or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bhayshul Tuten: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

David Montgomery's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against NE he carried 15 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 17 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, David Montgomery has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 11 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 10 times for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 5 times for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 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 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 3.9 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 75 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 158 to 83.

David Montgomery had 14 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 24 to 10.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 46 percent.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

Bhayshul Tuten is off in Week 7 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.