Should I start Tyjae Spears or David Montgomery in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 5.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 50 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 David Montgomery is 5.0 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 2 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 9 of 9 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

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 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3-4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 1.2 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 86 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 158 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 21 more catches than David Montgomery, 45 to 24.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 42 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable on the injury report.

David Montgomery is listed as questionable on the injury report.