Should I start D'Andre Swift or David Montgomery in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 72nd 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 D'Andre Swift, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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.

This season so far

Through Week 8, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 19 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 16 times for 44 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 26 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 22 times for 78 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against SEA he carried 27 times for 69 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 4.5 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

D'Andre Swift had 65 more carries than David Montgomery, 223 to 158.

D'Andre Swift had 10 more catches than David Montgomery, 34 to 24.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 46 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

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

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.