Should I start David Montgomery or Bijan Robinson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 4.6 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.

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. 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 so far

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.

Through Week 9, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 73 percent of ATL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 20 times for 63 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 19 times for 100 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 47 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 12.0 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Bijan Robinson RB2.

Bijan Robinson had 129 more carries than David Montgomery, 287 to 158.

Bijan Robinson had 55 more catches than David Montgomery, 79 to 24.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 46 percent.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Bijan Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.