Malik Nabers or David Montgomery: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 47th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price David Montgomery at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 48th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 45.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 73.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 52 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, David Montgomery has been on the field for 49 percent of HOU snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 4.5 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Malik Nabers 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

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.