Should I start David Montgomery or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 65th 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.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.2 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.

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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 3.0 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25.

David Montgomery had 28 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 158 to 130.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 8 more catches than David Montgomery, 32 to 24.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 46 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 42 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as out on the injury report.