Should I start Dameon Pierce or David Montgomery in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Dameon Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for David Montgomery, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 77 percent of PHI snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 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 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 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 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 9.1 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 144 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 158 to 14.

David Montgomery had 24 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 24 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 46 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Dameon Pierce.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.