Evan Engram or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Evan Engram: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

Evan Engram's market-based projection is 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 152 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 2.6 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 through Week 5

Through Week 5, Evan Engram has been on the field for 58 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 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 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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 Evan Engram 6.4, 3.4 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Evan Engram 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

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Evan Engram.

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful 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.