Should I start Parker Washington or David Montgomery in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Parker Washington has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 2 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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 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 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 1.7 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 and David Montgomery RB27, which are two different ladders.

Parker Washington 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

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.