Daniel Jones or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Jones: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 25th highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 189 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against HOU he completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he completed 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

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 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29.5 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 8.2 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and David Montgomery a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.