Should I start Darnell Washington or David Montgomery in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Side by side

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.2 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end 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

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 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 has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.