David Montgomery or Jadarian Price: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 48th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Jadarian Price at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 76th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 73.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jadarian Price: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 85.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, David Montgomery has been on the field for 49 percent of HOU snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 48 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 48 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Jadarian Price in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.