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David Montgomery or Ja'Kobi Lane

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
David Montgomery

David Montgomery

RB • Houston Texans HOU
Ja'Kobi Lane

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR • Baltimore Ravens BAL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Montgomery over Lane

 
 
 
 
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Outlook David Montgomery

David Montgomery vs. Buffalo — Set for Lead Duties in Houston Debut

Making his regular season debut with the Texans, Montgomery enters Week 1 atop the backfield depth chart. While reports suggest rookie Woody Marks will rotate in, Montgomery is slated to handle the primary early-down and goal-line opportunities. The Texans will be without starting right tackle Braden Smith, but Montgomery's bruising running style should establish the offense early.

Fantasy managers should feel confident slotting him into their lineups across all formats, supported by an 82% start rate. Our weekly projection lands Montgomery at 11.5 fantasy points, estimating roughly 11 carries for 51 rushing yards and a steady red-zone presence in a competitive home matchup.

Updated 1 day ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lane over Montgomery

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Ja'Kobi Lane

Ja'Kobi Lane at IND — Intriguing Rookie Depth in Baltimore's Opener

Rookie wideout Ja'Kobi Lane generated plenty of buzz during camp and could step into meaningful snaps right away in Indianapolis. With starting outside receiver Devontez Walker questionable with a groin issue, Lane is positioned to rotate in behind Rashod Bateman and Zay Flowers in an indoors matchup projected to feature solid scoring.

While his dynasty appeal and 33% roster rate are solid, fantasy managers are starting him in under 1% of leagues. Our models project Lane for roughly 2.6 targets, 1.6 catches, and 24 receiving yards (around 5.0 fantasy points). He makes for an intriguing bench stash, but fantasy managers should keep him on the bench for Week 1 until his target share crystallizes.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance David Montgomery
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches David Montgomery
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Ja'Kobi Lane
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START David Montgomery
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
83%
+1.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Ja'Kobi Lane
OWN
32%
+2.92 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.62 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus David Montgomery
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ja'Kobi Lane
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown David Montgomery

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 21st among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 28th with 146.62 total points (8.15 avg).
  • Currently 218.98 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.2.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 35th among RB.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 41st among RB.
  • Ranked 138th in Rec TDs among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 163 (9.06 per game) and is currently ranked 31st among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush yards with 734 (40.78 per game) and is currently ranked 31st among RB.
  • Top 15 in rush tds with 8 (0.44 per game) and is currently ranked 14th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -81, Rush AVG: +0.3 Rush TDs: -5, Receptions: -9, Rec Yards: -130 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 227, RUSH YDS: 935, RUSH TDS: 7, REC: 30, REC YDS: 215, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Ja'Kobi Lane

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:

    • Season Outlook

Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury David Montgomery

No Injury Reported

Injury Ja'Kobi Lane

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups David Montgomery

Week 1
Houston Texans VS Buffalo Bills

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.21287.8923163734.12
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 114.00 total points (6.00 avg).
  • Currently 113 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 321.76 per game and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Ranked 28th in rush defense with 2423 (142.53 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3047 (179.24 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 13 (0.76 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 12 in points against with 21.47 per game and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -10.01, Turnovers: -17 Sacks: -6, INTs: -7, TDs: -2, Points Allowed: +1.51,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 41, INT: 15, TDS: 4, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 311.4
Matchups Ja'Kobi Lane

Week 1
Baltimore Ravens @ Indianapolis Colts

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.24393.7621143913.33
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 19th with 95.00 total points (5.59 avg).
  • Currently 132 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.6.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in turnovers with 21 (1.24 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 10 in rush defense with 1880 (110.59 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Ranked 32nd in pass defense with 4814 (283.18 per game).
  • Top 10 in interceptions with 14 (0.82 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 22 in points against with 24.24 per game and currently ranked 21st among DST.
  • Currently ranked 28th in Total TDs with 1 (0.06 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +22.76, Turnovers: EVEN Sacks: +5, INTs: +1, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -0.82,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 33, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.8, YDS/G: 371.7
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating David Montgomery
20.66
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ja'Kobi Lane
10.48
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career David Montgomery
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2019 CHI 16 242 889 3.7 6 35 25 185 7.4 1
2020 CHI 16 259 1101 4.3 8 69 54 438 8.1 2
2021 CHI 13 225 849 3.8 7 51 42 301 7.2 0
2022 CHI 16 201 801 4.0 5 40 34 316 9.3 1
2023 DET 14 219 1015 4.6 13 24 16 117 7.3 0
2024 DET 14 185 775 4.2 12 38 36 341 9.5 0
2025 DET 16 163 734 4.5 8 32 27 211 7.8 0
ON PACE 72 734 3303 4.5 36 144 122 950 7.8 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 204 912 4.5 12 34 28 238 8.4 0
Totals 111 1540 6375 4.1 61 296 240 1954 8.1 4
Career Ja'Kobi Lane
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
ON PACE NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN NAN 0 NAN
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0
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ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ARI vs TEX 04:10 EDT EST
ATH vs SEA 04:05 EDT EST
ATL vs PHI 01:35 EDT EST
BAL @TOR 01:37 EDT EST
BOS vs KC 03:05 EDT EST
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @STL 02:15 EDT EST
CIN @MIL 02:10 EDT EST
CLE @MIN 02:10 EDT EST
COL @DET 12:10 EDT EST
HOU @TB 01:40 EDT EST
LAA @WAS 01:35 EDT EST
LAD @MIA 01:40 EDT EST
NYM @NYY 01:35 EDT EST
SD @SF 07:20 EDT EST
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