Blake Corum or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Blake Corum: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The market has Blake Corum at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

Blake Corum's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Blake Corum has been on the field for 27 percent of LAR snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 6 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 5 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 5 times for 19 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.

That came to 8.5 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Blake Corum 7.2, 2.6 a game between them.

Blake Corum finished RB40 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 13 more carries than Blake Corum, 158 to 145.

David Montgomery had 16 more catches than Blake Corum, 24 to 8.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 27 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

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

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.