David Montgomery or Harold Fannin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Harold Fannin at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 219 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 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Harold Fannin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd 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, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 86 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 6 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 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.

In 2025 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin scored 11.7 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 1.8 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Harold Fannin TE6, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Harold Fannin a tight end, 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 Harold Fannin.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.