David Montgomery or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 184 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 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th 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, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 64 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 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.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 1.2 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Jakobi Meyers WR32, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Jakobi Meyers a wide receiver, 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 Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.