Ollie Gordon or David Montgomery: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ollie Gordon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

What the player markets price

The market has Ollie Gordon at 11.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 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 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 43 percent of MIA snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 3 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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 Ollie Gordon 3.2, 6.6 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon finished RB68 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 88 more carries than Ollie Gordon, 158 to 70.

David Montgomery had 17 more catches than Ollie Gordon, 24 to 7.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 43 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 30 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Ollie Gordon.

What would change the answer

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