David Montgomery or MarShawn Lloyd: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

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 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price MarShawn Lloyd at 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on MarShawn Lloyd: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 37 percent of GB snaps, taken 43 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 37 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 43 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and MarShawn Lloyd in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.