Should I start Sione Vaki or George Holani in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 6:01 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start George Holani over Sione Vaki
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs RB
- 20.7
- 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 38%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 3.6
- fantasy pts
- MIA D vs RB
- 25.0
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 24%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 8
Start George Holani: 46 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Sione Vaki's 25 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Sione Vaki?
Not on these numbers alone. George Holani projects 12 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.5 a game over 8 games) and Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
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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.
RB32 · DET · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Overall rank
- 93
RB56 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 169
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The gap
- Board size306 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 Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on George Holani, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 4.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 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 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Sione Vaki's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 24 percent of DET snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.
In Week 5 against ARI he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, George Holani has been on the field for 40 percent of SEA snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 5 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 15 targets have averaged 0.1 air yards.
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.
In Week 8 against CHI he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.
He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.
That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.
He was on the field for 0 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.
Both were available for 11 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 George Holani scored 1.9 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 1.9 a game between them.
Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and George Holani RB93.
George Holani had 21 more carries than Sione Vaki, 22 to 1.
George Holani had 2 more catches than Sione Vaki, 2 to 0.
This season George Holani holds the bigger snap share, 40 percent against 24 percent.
This season George Holani holds the bigger share of the carries, 17 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
George Holani is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.
Drop or keep
Should I drop George Holani for Sione Vaki?
Not on these numbers alone. George Holani projects 12 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.5 a game over 8 games) and Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
Should I drop Sione Vaki for George Holani?
Not on these numbers alone. Sione Vaki projects 14 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.6 a game over 9 games) and George Holani 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
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