Breece Hall or David Montgomery: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Breece Hall at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 38th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 48th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Breece Hall: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 73.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Breece Hall has been on the field for 58 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 57 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 2 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, David Montgomery has been on the field for 49 percent of HOU snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.7 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Breece Hall scored 13.0 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 3.2 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

Breece Hall had 85 more carries than David Montgomery, 243 to 158.

Breece Hall had 12 more catches than David Montgomery, 36 to 24.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 49 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 61 percent.

Byes and availability

Breece Hall is off in Week 13 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.