David Montgomery: 2026 Fantasy Football Outlook
Week 9 call · Half-PPR
Sit him. He missed Weeks 6–7 and his Week 9 status isn't known yet, and even if he plays, 8.4 half-PPR is only the RB34 this week.
Start, flex or sitOur one-line weekly call, for a 12-team league: start a top-12 QB, top-24 RB or WR, or top-12 TE this week; flex the next ones who would still fill a flex spot; sit the rest.More in the glossary : a 12-team league's starters and flex spots, from this week's projections.
David Montgomery
RB · Houston Texans
- Week 9 statusStatus unknown · Missed Weeks 6–7 — Week 9 status not reported yet (first practice report Wed, Nov 4)
This week · Week 9
Projected 8.4 half-PPR points if he plays in Week 9, with a likely range of 1.2 to 17.4.Half-PPREvery catch is worth half a point. It is the middle ground between PPR and standard scoring, where catches score nothing on their own.More in the glossary ProjectionOur estimate of a player’s fantasy points this week, built from his share of his team’s targets, carries and passes, how much his team is expected to score, and his preseason value. It is a middle outcome, not a promise.More in the glossary
at LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
Floor and ceilingThe spread of likely scores around a projection. The floor is a bad week (only 1 in 10 past weeks like it landed lower) and the ceiling a big one (only 1 in 10 landed higher).More in the glossary
Forecast 8.4 Half-PPR points: the Vegas line takes away 0.1, the matchup nothing. Show how it is built.
| Step | Points | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline: His role and efficiency over 5 games, with his preseason RB22 ADP at 29% weight, at his usual line | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Vegas: HOU implied 22.8 vs 23.1 in his games | −0.1 | 8.4 |
| Matchup: LAC 11th softest vs RB: already in the Vegas line | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| Availability: Status unknown: projected as if he plays | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| Projection | 8.4 | 8.4 |
Each step is the change from switching that factor on, in this order, so the steps add up to the projection. The matchup adds nothing with a line: the model's backtest found the line already prices the defense.
- Implied total · implied team totalHow many points Vegas expects one team to score, worked out from the game total and the point spread. Higher totals mean more scoring chances for that offense.More in the glossary Context: HOU is implied for 22.8 points, tied for 15th-highest of 30 teams with a line this week.
- Matchup (DvP) · defense vs positionHow many fantasy points this week’s opponent has allowed to a position, ranked 1 to 32. “3rd softest” allows the 3rd-most, “1st toughest” the fewest. Our projections treat it as context, because the Vegas line already prices the matchup in.More in the glossary No effect this week: LAC is the 11th softest of 32 defenses against RBs (the 1st toughest allows the fewest fantasy points). It is context, not in the projection: with a Vegas line, the model adds nothing for the matchup.
- Context: played indoors, so weather is not a factor.
Season so far · through Week 8
- PPG · points per gameFantasy points divided by games played, so a player is not marked down for the weeks he sat out.More in the glossary
- 8.4 half-PPR points a game over 5 games, 42.0 in all.
- PPR rank
- RB36 of 112 RBs with 2 or more games, by PPR points per game.
- Games
- 5 games with a stat line through Week 8.
- CarriesRunning plays where the player takes the handoff or keeps the ball. More carries mean more chances at yards and touchdowns, above all near the goal line.More in the glossary
- 7.4 carries per team game this season.
PPR 45.5 (9.1/g) · Std 38.5 (7.7/g)
Game log · half-PPR
Half-PPR points by week, oldest first: Week 1 BUF 27.4, Week 2 CIN 3.4, Week 3 IND 5.8, Week 4 DAL 4.3, Week 5 TEN 1.1, Week 6 did not play, Week 7 did not play, Week 8 bye.
This week · HOU at LAC
Week 9 projection
Week 9 status Status unknownMissed Weeks 6–7 — Week 9 status not reported yet (first practice report Wed, Nov 4)
- Half-PPREvery catch is worth half a point. It is the middle ground between PPR and standard scoring, where catches score nothing on their own.More in the glossary
- 8.4
- PPR · point per receptionEvery catch is worth 1 point on top of the yards and touchdowns. It lifts pass-catching running backs, slot receivers and tight ends.More in the glossary
- 9.1
- StandardScoring where a catch is worth nothing on its own: only yards and touchdowns count. It favours running backs who score near the goal line over receivers who catch short passes.More in the glossary
- 7.7
Floor and ceilingThe spread of likely scores around a projection. The floor is a bad week (only 1 in 10 past weeks like it landed lower) and the ceiling a big one (only 1 in 10 landed higher).More in the glossary 1.2–17.4
Floor to ceiling in half-PPR points: the 10th to 90th percentile of how far past weeks landed from a projection like this one. About 4 in 5 landed inside it.
Projected line: 11.5 car · 41 rush yds · 1.37 rec · 11 rec yds · 0.42 TD
Show the math
- Volume
- 38% of HOU's carries × 26.2 a game · 5% of HOU's targets × 31.1 a game
- 9.8 carries · 1.4 targets
- Efficiency
- 82% catch · 6.3 yds/target · 3.7 yds/carry
- 1.2 rec · 45 yds
- Scoring chances
- 3.02 TD per 100 carries, 3.14 per 100 targets, from his red-zone usage
- 0.36 TD
- Vegas
- HOU implied 22.8 vs 23.1 in his games (×0.98)
- −1% volume, −3% TD rate
- Market prior
- Preseason RB22 in FFC ADP → 11.6 PPG, 29% weight at 5 games
- +1.2 half-PPR pts (7.2 → 8.4)
- Status
- Missed Weeks 6–7 — Week 9 status not reported yet (first practice report Wed, Nov 4)
- not applied: projected as if he plays
- Context (not in projection)
- LAC allows 1.05× league RB points (11th softest of 32)
| Opponent | at LACHOU on the road |
|---|---|
| Kickoff | Sun 4:05 PM ET |
| Implied total · implied team totalHow many points Vegas expects one team to score, worked out from the game total and the point spread. Higher totals mean more scoring chances for that offense.More in the glossary | 22.8HOU · consensus line |
| Matchup (DvP) · defense vs positionHow many fantasy points this week’s opponent has allowed to a position, ranked 1 to 32. “3rd softest” allows the 3rd-most, “1st toughest” the fewest. Our projections treat it as context, because the Vegas line already prices the matchup in.More in the glossary | Allows the 11th-most fantasy points to RBs1.05× the league average · context — not in the projection |
| Red zoneThe last 20 yards before the end zone. Most touchdowns start there, so targets and carries inside the 20 point to touchdown chances.More in the glossary | 33% of HOU's carries inside the 209 of 27, through Week 8 · 3 inside the 5 · 2 TD |
| ROS · rest of seasonEverything left on the schedule from this week on. Rest-of-season value is what matters for trades and pickups, where one week is noise.More in the glossary | RB35 of 69 · 9.3 PPGHalf-PPR points per game, market prior included · 9 games left through Week 17 |
Trade value 0 of 100
Redraft chart, Weeks 9–17, 12-team Half-PPR: at or below a replacement player, so about 0 in a trade.
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Built from stats through Week 8, consensus line as of Mon, Nov 2, 3:20 PM ET, no Week 9 injury report yet, so no designation is applied. Game-day inactives are not in the model. Market priorWhere drafters valued a player before the season (his preseason ADP), blended into our projections so a few early games cannot swing his number too far.More in the glossary : preseason ADP · average draft positionWhere a player went on average in fantasy drafts: an ADP of 4.2 means he was usually the fourth player taken. Ours is preseason ADP, frozen once drafts end.More in the glossary from Fantasy Football Calculator.
2026 season · the games so far
2026 so far
Through Week 8 · Week 8 in progress — 13 of 14 games final · nflverse stats as of
- PPR pts / game
- 9.1
- RB rank
- RB36
- of 112 with 2+ games
- Games
- 5
- HOU
| Scoring | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 38.5 | 7.7 |
| Half-PPR | 42.0 | 8.4 |
| PPR | 45.5 | 9.1 |
RB rank is by PPR points per game among RBs with 2 or more games.
Game log
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| Wk | Opp | PPR ptsHalf · Std | Carries | Rush yds | Rush TD | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Snap % | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | — | — | Bye week — no game | ||||||||
| 7 | NYG | 0.0 | Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | JAX | 0.0 | Did not play | ||||||||
| 5 | TEN | 1.1 1.1 · 1.1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | Score this game |
| 4 | DAL | 4.3 4.3 · 4.3 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 56% | Score this game |
| 3 | IND | 6.8 5.8 · 4.8 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 63% | Score this game |
| 2 | CIN | 4.4 3.4 · 2.4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 52% | Score this game |
| 1 | BUF | 28.9 27.4 · 25.9 | 20 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 49% | Score this game |
PPR pts is nflverse's full-PPR total for the game; the smaller line under it is the same game in Half-PPR, then Standard (half a point, and a point, less per catch). "Score this game" opens the fantasy point calculator with that exact line loaded, to re-score it in your league's settings. A dash means nflverse has no figure for that game yet. "Did not play" means his team played but nflverse has no stat line for him, which is usually an injury or an inactive game day; it scores 0.0 and is left out of his per-game averages. The injury designation shows only for the week the latest report covers.
Usage trend
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| Per game | Last 3 (Wks 3–5) | Season | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snap share | 44% | 47% | −3 |
| Carries per game | 8.7 | 10.4 | −1.7 |
| Targets per game | 0.7 | 1.4 | −0.7 |
| Target share | 3% | 4% | −1 |
| PPR points per game | 4.1 | 9.1 | −5.0 |
Shares are team-relative and averaged per game.
Preseason read (July 2026)The draft-day verdict, 2025 stats, Chalk & Sharp and July ADP, as published.
Draft-day record · July 2026
The July 2026 draft-day read
This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools
David Montgomery's 9.1 half-PPR points per game in 2025 sit below what a RB23 draft price usually buys — July 2026 drafters were paying for projection, not the previous season's line. His target share slipped over his last three games of 2025.
This week's projection is in the Week 9 card above. The July 2026 draft-day read is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.
The numbers behind the read
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ADP (July 2026) | 53.8 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Overall ADP rank (July 2026) | 54 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Fantasy points / game | 9.1 | nflverse |
| Points over expected (FPOE) | +2.4 | nflverse |
| Target share | 5.4% | nflverse |
| Target share, last 3 games (2025) | 3.2% | nflverse |
| Sleeper search rank (July 2026) | 48 | Sleeper |
xFP (expected fantasy points) is what a typical player would score with the same targets, carries and field position. FPOE (points over expected) is actual points minus xFP, per game.
The consensus read
David Montgomery was drafted as the RB23 — ADP 53.8 — in July 2026. His 9.1 half-PPR points per game in 2025 sits below the RB starter line, with targets fading late in that year.
- ADP 53.8
- Overall ADP rank 54
- Sleeper search rank 48
- Fantasy points / game 9.1
The edge case — what had to be true
Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read. Check them against what has actually happened since.
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Checkpoint
Target share, last 3 games vs season (2025)
3.2% last 3 vs 5.4% season (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
David Montgomery's late-2025 target dip was matchup noise, not a role change
Poor pick if instead
David Montgomery's target share is fading from the season baseline
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Checkpoint
Points over expected (FPOE) per game, season (2025)
+2.4 pts/gm vs expectation (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
David Montgomery's scoring over expected (xFP) is skill, not variance
Poor pick if instead
David Montgomery's scoring over expected regresses to the xFP baseline
Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure on this page is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data — nothing is hand-entered. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).
FantasyTools analysis is opinion for entertainment purposes only — not betting, financial, or professional advice.
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