Start David Montgomery or Woody Marks? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start David Montgomery over Woody Marks in Week 5.

Market-based projections have David Montgomery at 9.9 points and Woody Marks at 8.3, a gap of 1.7.

What the market projects

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

The market has David Montgomery at 43.5 rushing yards, 7.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (17, 11, 14 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Woody Marks at 36.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts David Montgomery 1.7 points ahead of Woody Marks on the market projections.

Injury status

David Montgomery is not on the injury report.

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Woody Marks played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over David Montgomery.
• Start Bucky Irving over David Montgomery.
• Start Cam Skattebo over David Montgomery.
• Start Woody Marks over Blake Corum.
• Start Woody Marks over Brian Robinson.
• Start Woody Marks over George Holani.