David Montgomery or Rashid Shaheed: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashid Shaheed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 2.6 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.

Rashid Shaheed's market-based projection is 5.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 157 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 through Week 5

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 5, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 54 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 2 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 20 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 23 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 Rashid Shaheed played 18 games and scored 156.6 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing WR39.

He caught 59 of 92 targets for 687 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 1.1 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Rashid Shaheed WR39, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Rashid Shaheed a wide receiver, 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 Rashid Shaheed in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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