Should I start David Montgomery or Hunter Henry in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 2:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

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Start Hunter Henry: 68 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets 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.

Should I drop Hunter Henry for David Montgomery?

Yes, on the rest of the season. David Montgomery projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Hunter Henry 96 (9.6 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

David Montgomery

RB28 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 1-4

Overall rank: 84

Hunter Henry

TE11 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 8.8 pts a game

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The gap

Board size309 draftable players

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 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 5.0 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.

Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

David Montgomery's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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 6, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 4 of 5 targets for 48 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 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 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 0.7 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Hunter Henry TE9, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Hunter Henry 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 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Hunter Henry for David Montgomery?
Yes, on the rest of the season. David Montgomery projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Hunter Henry 96 (9.6 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed questionable.
Should I drop David Montgomery for Hunter Henry?
No. Keep David Montgomery: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Hunter Henry 96 (9.6 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed questionable.