Jacory Croskey-Merritt or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 12.0 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 1.6 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 17 more carries than David Montgomery, 175 to 158.

David Montgomery had 15 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 24 to 9.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 47 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.