Should I start Sam Darnold or George Holani in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:16 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Sam Darnold: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against George Holani's 47 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop George Holani for Sam Darnold?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam Darnold projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Sam Darnold

QB9 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Overall rank: 59

George Holani

RB19 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 5.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 60

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The gap

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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 Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 16.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for George Holani, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 86 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 166 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 166 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 5 against SF he completed 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

Through Week 6, George Holani has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 19 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 32 two minute targets.

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

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.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 5 times for 20 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 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.

Sam Darnold was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and George Holani 1.9, 12.8 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and George Holani RB93, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop George Holani for Sam Darnold?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam Darnold projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Sam Darnold for George Holani?
No. Keep Sam Darnold: he projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), George Holani 59 (5.9 a game over 10 games).