Kalif Raymond or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kalif Raymond: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 2.6 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 62 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 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 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Side by side

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Kalif Raymond is a wide receiver 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

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Kalif Raymond.

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.