Should I start David Montgomery or Jaylen Warren in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Warren is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

David Montgomery's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 8, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 72 percent of PIT snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 17 times for 143 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 3.7 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jaylen Warren had 53 more carries than David Montgomery, 211 to 158.

Jaylen Warren had 16 more catches than David Montgomery, 40 to 24.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 46 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.