Garrett Wilson or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Garrett Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The market has Garrett Wilson at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 4.4 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Garrett Wilson is a wide receiver 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

Garrett Wilson 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.