Should I start George Holani or David Montgomery in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start George Holani: 47 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against David Montgomery's 42 percent of the snaps and 40 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop George Holani for David Montgomery?

Yes, on the rest of the season. David Montgomery projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.8 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

George Holani

RB19 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 5.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 60

David Montgomery

RB20 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 1-4

Overall rank: 63

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Montgomery, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for George Holani, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for David Montgomery is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 5, David Montgomery has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 11 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 10 times for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 5 times for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 David Montgomery played 17 games and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He carried 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 7.9 a game between them.

George Holani finished RB93 that year and David Montgomery RB27.

David Montgomery had 136 more carries than George Holani, 158 to 22.

David Montgomery had 22 more catches than George Holani, 24 to 2.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 41 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

George Holani is off in Week 11 and David Montgomery in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

David Montgomery is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop George Holani for David Montgomery?
Yes, on the rest of the season. David Montgomery projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.8 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed out.
Should I drop David Montgomery for George Holani?
No. Keep David Montgomery: he projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.8 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games). David Montgomery is listed out.