Should I start David Montgomery or Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6?

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 Jaleel McLaughlin, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for David Montgomery, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Jaleel McLaughlin's market-based projection is 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 5

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 5, Jaleel McLaughlin has been on the field for 10 percent of CLE snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 1 time for 28 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 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 Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He carried 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 more yards.

That came to 4.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Jaleel McLaughlin 3.9, 5.9 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Jaleel McLaughlin RB82.

David Montgomery had 121 more carries than Jaleel McLaughlin, 158 to 37.

David Montgomery had 20 more catches than Jaleel McLaughlin, 24 to 4.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 10 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jaleel McLaughlin.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.