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David Montgomery has Sirius Fantasy Football upside in 2026

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Jul 24, 2026
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Fri, July 24, 2026
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David MontgomeryJoe MixonWoody Marks
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David Montgomery

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RotoWire positions Montgomery as a 2026 ADP value comparable to 2024 Joe Mixon (RB9, 17.2 PPR PPG in Houston). Montgomery is available at mid to low-end RB2 prices but projects to flirt with RB1 value in production; the source calls him a 'smash pick' with high floor and RB1 upside. He is confirmed as the unquestioned bellcow for his team and remains efficient on both ground and air. On a per-touch basis among RBs with 100+ carries, he ranked 12th in yards of contact per attempt, 22nd in yards per route run, 12th in first downs per route run, and 30th in missed tackle rate. Montgomery significantly outperformed teammate Woody Marks on every efficiency metric that matters for RB evaluation: explosive run rate, missed tackle rate, rushing success, yards of contact per attempt, and yards per route run—the source emphasizes Montgomery 'lapped' Marks across all these dimensions, establishing clear talent separation.

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Joe Mixon

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Joe Mixon's 2024 Houston season is cited as a historical ADP value benchmark: he finished RB9 in fantasy points per game with 17.2 PPR PPG, establishing the comparison point for Montgomery's 2026 upside potential.

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Woody Marks

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Marks is positioned as Montgomery's clear depth chart inferior. Montgomery surpassed him on a per-touch basis across explosive run rate, missed tackle rate, rushing success, yards of contact per attempt, and yards per route run—every efficiency metric that matters for RB evaluation—with the source emphasizing Montgomery 'lapped' Marks across all these dimensions.

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0:00Is David Montgomery the 2026 version of
0:032024 Joe Mixon when Joe Mixon showed up
0:07in Houston and was one of the best ADP
0:10values on the entire board. Your
0:12thoughts on David Montgomery? Is he a
0:14safe pick or is he an upside pick?
0:16There's an incredibly high floor and
0:18there's RB1 upside with him. To your
0:20point, Joe Mixon in that season. RB9 in
0:22fantasy points per game, 17.2 PPR points
0:25per game. Theo, when you look at David
0:27McGomery on a per touch basis last year
0:30amongst all running backs at least 100
0:31carries, he was 30th in miss tackle
0:33rate. He [music] was 12th in yards of
0:35contact per attempt. He was 22nd in
0:38yards per route run and 12th in first
0:40downs per route run. So still uber
0:42efficient both on the ground and through
0:45the air. And oh by the way, he surpassed
0:48for for the Woody Marks hive out there,
0:51he surpassed Woody Marks on a per touch
0:53basis in explosive run rate, missed
0:55tackle rate, rushing success, [music]
0:57yards of contact per attempt, and yards
0:58per route run. So essentially just oh, I
1:01don't know, every single freaking metric
1:03we should care about when we look at
1:04running back play and talent and skill.
1:06What David McGomery lapped Woody Marks,
1:09just kept running around it at his age.
1:11He's not washed. He is going to be their
1:14unquestioned bellcow and I think you're
1:16getting him at mid to low-end RB2 prices
1:21and he is going to flirt with RB1 value
1:24in production this year. He is a smash
1:25pick.

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