Keon Coleman or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keon Coleman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

What the player markets price

The market has Keon Coleman at 10.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Keon Coleman's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 6 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, David Montgomery has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 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 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Keon Coleman 7.9, 1.9 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Keon Coleman 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 Keon Coleman.

What would change the answer

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