Should I start Josh Jacobs or David Montgomery in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 5.0 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 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Josh Jacobs has been on the field for 47 percent of GB snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 55 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 21 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 13 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 4 times for 5 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 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 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 6.0 a game between them.

Josh Jacobs finished RB13 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

Josh Jacobs had 76 more carries than David Montgomery, 234 to 158.

Josh Jacobs had 12 more catches than David Montgomery, 36 to 24.

This season Josh Jacobs holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 46 percent.

This season Josh Jacobs holds the bigger share of the carries, 47 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Josh Jacobs is listed as out on the injury report.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.