Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or David Montgomery? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over David Montgomery
- Market projects
- 11.0
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 47%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 10.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over David Montgomery in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.0 points and David Montgomery at 10.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 11.0 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 55.5 rushing yards, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for David Montgomery, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has David Montgomery at 46.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8, 7 and 12 market sources).
That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 0.2 points ahead of David Montgomery on the market projections.
Injury status
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.
David Montgomery is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.
Through Week 4, David Montgomery played 54 percent of HOU snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.
David Montgomery, Week 1 against BUF: 39 of 79 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards, 3 touchdowns.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.
He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.
He was on the field for 39 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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB23 · WAS · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 61
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
RB25 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 63
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board2
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size222 draftable players
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