David Montgomery or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 183 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 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th 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, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 60 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

2.1 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.