Should I start Ray Davis or George Holani in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ray Davis, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ray Davis is 1.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 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 1.5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Ray Davis has been on the field for 11 percent of BUF snaps, taken 3 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 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.

Ray Davis was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ray Davis scored 3.8 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 1.9 a game between them.

Ray Davis finished RB61 that year and George Holani RB93.

Ray Davis had 36 more carries than George Holani, 58 to 22.

Ray Davis had 8 more catches than George Holani, 10 to 2.

This season George Holani holds the bigger snap share, 40 percent against 11 percent.

This season George Holani holds the bigger share of the carries, 18 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Ray Davis is off in Week 7 and George Holani in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.