David Montgomery or Tyler Warren: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Tyler Warren at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 81st highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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 73.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 93.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, David Montgomery has been on the field for 51 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 6 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 13 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 21 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 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.

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 1.3 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 and Tyler Warren TE4, which are two different ladders.

David Montgomery is a running back and Tyler Warren a tight end, 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 Tyler Warren in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.