Should I start Dylan Sampson or George Holani in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Dylan Sampson over George Holani

- Market projects
- 6.1
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs RB
- 30.0
- most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 46%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs RB
- 21.9
- 15th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 40%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 7
Start Dylan Sampson: 46 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against George Holani's 46 percent of the snaps and 15 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 Dylan Sampson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dylan Sampson projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), George Holani 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over George Holani.
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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.
RB47 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 2-13
- Market-based projection
- 6.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 192
RB · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 254
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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 Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 254th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dylan Sampson is 1.7 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.
No season market is posted for George Holani, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 46 percent of CLE snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 11 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 6 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PIT he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 62 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, George Holani has been on the field for 40 percent of SEA snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 5 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 38 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
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.
In Week 7 against KC he carried 5 times for 11 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.
He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.
That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 25 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.
Dylan Sampson was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dylan Sampson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 3.9 a game between them.
Dylan Sampson finished RB55 that year and George Holani RB93.
Dylan Sampson had 43 more carries than George Holani, 65 to 22.
Dylan Sampson had 31 more catches than George Holani, 33 to 2.
This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 40 percent.
This season George Holani holds the bigger share of the carries, 18 percent against 16 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Drop or keep
Should I drop George Holani for Dylan Sampson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dylan Sampson projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), George Holani 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over George Holani.
Should I drop Dylan Sampson for George Holani?
No. Keep Dylan Sampson: he projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games), George Holani 27 (3.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dylan Sampson over George Holani.
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