Should I start Kimani Vidal or David Montgomery in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 5.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 70 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 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 29 percent of LAC snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 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 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Kimani Vidal 9.1, 0.7 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 3 more carries than Kimani Vidal, 158 to 155.

David Montgomery had 8 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 24 to 16.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 29 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Kimani Vidal is off in Week 7 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.