Start Bhayshul Tuten or David Montgomery? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over David Montgomery in Week 6.

David Montgomery is listed doubtful on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Bhayshul Tuten.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 64 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10, 12 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for David Montgomery yet. His market-based projections were 11.2, 10.2 and 9.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Bhayshul Tuten 1.6 points ahead of David Montgomery on these projections.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful with a groin injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Bhayshul Tuten played 56 percent of JAX snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 5, David Montgomery played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

David Montgomery, Week 2 against CIN: 42 of 80 snaps, 6 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

David Montgomery, Week 3 against IND: 34 of 54 snaps, 11 carries for 33 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

David Montgomery, Week 4 against DAL: 31 of 55 snaps, 10 carries for 24 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

David Montgomery, Week 5 against TEN: 9 of 66 snaps, 5 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, David Montgomery played 17 games for DET and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He ran 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Blake Corum over David Montgomery.
• Start Bucky Irving over David Montgomery.
• Start Jeremiyah Love over David Montgomery.