Should I start Darren Waller or George Holani in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

George Holani's market-based projection is 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 140th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, George Holani has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 19 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 4 times for 7 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 5 times for 20 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 George Holani played 11 games and scored 20.8 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing RB93.

He carried 22 times for 73 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 2.0 carries a game at 3.3 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Holani was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 8.0 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 and George Holani RB93, which are two different ladders.

Darren Waller is a tight end and George Holani a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5 and George Holani in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.