Should I start Kenneth Walker or David Montgomery in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:21 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kenneth Walker: 74 percent of the snaps and 79 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against David Montgomery's 42 percent of the snaps and 40 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop David Montgomery for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), David Montgomery 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). David Montgomery is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB17 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs carries line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 49
RB24 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 74
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenneth Walker, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.
Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Kenneth Walker is 6.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Kenneth Walker's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against LAC he carried 19 times for 128 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
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
The season feed carries no line for Kenneth Walker in the last completed season.
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.
Head to head
This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 46 percent.
This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 45 percent.
Byes and availability
Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop David Montgomery for Kenneth Walker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kenneth Walker projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), David Montgomery 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). David Montgomery is listed out.
Should I drop Kenneth Walker for David Montgomery?
No. Keep Kenneth Walker: he projects 174 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.3 a game over 9 games), David Montgomery 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). David Montgomery is listed out.
Both players in full
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