Kyle Monangai or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 11.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 207 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 1.2 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

Kyle Monangai had 11 more carries than David Montgomery, 169 to 158.

David Montgomery had 6 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 24 to 18.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 41 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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