Should I start David Montgomery or Mike Gesicki in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 4.6 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.

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 9, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 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 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.

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 4.4 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Mike Gesicki TE41, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Mike Gesicki a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Mike Gesicki in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

David Montgomery has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.