George Holani or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Holani: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

George Holani's market-based projection is 5.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 17.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Holani was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 11.8 a game between them.

George Holani finished RB93 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.

George Holani is a running back and Michael Penix Jr. a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for George Holani.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.