David Montgomery or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, David Montgomery has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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 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.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 3.1 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Courtland Sutton WR13, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Courtland Sutton a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.