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Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or George Holani in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 2:16 PM ET.

Week 8 verdict

Start

RB · GB · vs CAR

Market projects
5.5
fantasy pts
CAR D vs RB
28.7
2nd most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
69 of 100 at RB
Snap share
38%
Through Week 7
Target share
6%
Through Week 7
Sit

RB · SEA · vs CHI

Market projects
5.2
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs RB
18.6
6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
38 of 100 at RB
Snap share
40%
Through Week 7
Target share
7%
Through Week 7
Start Lloyd or Holani? The full Week 8 breakdown

Start MarShawn Lloyd over George Holani in Week 8. Lloyd faces CAR, which allows the 2nd most fantasy points to RBs.

Should I drop George Holani for MarShawn Lloyd?

Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), George Holani 49 (5.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over George Holani.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB7 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-3

Market-based projection
5.6 pts a game

RB45 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-5

Market-based projection
4.6 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
183

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The gap

  • Board size293 draftable players

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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

MarShawn Lloyd's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for George Holani is 1.5 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 38 percent of GB snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 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

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season George Holani holds the bigger snap share, 40 percent against 38 percent.

This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

George Holani has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop George Holani for MarShawn Lloyd?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), George Holani 49 (5.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over George Holani.

  • Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for George Holani?

    No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), George Holani 49 (5.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over George Holani.

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