Start Jeremiyah Love or David Montgomery? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jeremiyah Love over David Montgomery in Week 6.

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

What the market projects

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.

Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 45 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts David Montgomery 0.5 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 88 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 43 more yards.

Injury status

David Montgomery is listed as doubtful with a groin injury.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 3 against SF: 56 of 87 snaps, 21 carries for 90 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 4 against NYG: 30 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -8 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 12 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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