Jalen Hurts or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 19.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 8th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 84th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 74.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 8.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 1 against WAS he completed 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 48 yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

Through Week 2, David Montgomery has been on the field for 51 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.8 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.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 6 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

David Montgomery was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 9.2 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Hurts is a quarterback and David Montgomery a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen Hurts is off in Week 10 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.1 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.