Michael Mayer or George Holani: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

George Holani's market-based projection is 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Holani: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, George Holani has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 19 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

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

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 3 times for 10 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Michael Mayer was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 3.8 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and George Holani RB93, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer 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.

What would change the answer

1.6 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.