Should I start Jaylen Warren or George Holani in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylen Warren is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for George Holani is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaylen Warren's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 15 times for 101 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 87 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 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 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Jaylen Warren was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 11.7 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 that year and George Holani RB93.

Jaylen Warren had 189 more carries than George Holani, 211 to 22.

Jaylen Warren had 38 more catches than George Holani, 40 to 2.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 40 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Warren is off in Week 9 and George Holani in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.