Should I start David Montgomery or De'Von Achane in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start De'Von Achane: 52 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against David Montgomery's 42 percent of the snaps and 40 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB24 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 71
RB · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 231
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.
Live drafts hold no current pick on De'Von Achane, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.
The market-based projections
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.
No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
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.
Through Week 3, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 52 percent of MIA snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 3.2 air yards.
In Week 1 against LV he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against SF he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against KC he carried 3 times for 17 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
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 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.
In 2025 De'Von Achane played 16 games and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.
He carried 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 more yards.
That came to 14.9 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 4.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
David Montgomery was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 10.4 a game between them.
David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and De'Von Achane RB5.
De'Von Achane had 80 more carries than David Montgomery, 238 to 158.
De'Von Achane had 43 more catches than David Montgomery, 67 to 24.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 46 percent.
This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 44 percent.
Byes and availability
David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and De'Von Achane in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.
De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.
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