Michael Pittman Jr. or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

What the player markets price

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 9.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 2 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 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

Michael Pittman Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Michael Pittman Jr. 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

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Pittman Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.