Should I start Khalil Herbert or Mack Hollins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Herbert, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Herbert is 2.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 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 Mack Hollins is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Khalil Herbert has been on the field for 17 percent of ATL snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 4 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Mack Hollins has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 6 of 9 targets for 87 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Khalil Herbert played 7 games and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He carried 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 more yards.

That came to 2.3 carries a game at 3.3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Mack Hollins played 15 games and scored 113.4 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing WR58.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 550 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.3 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mack Hollins was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Mack Hollins scored 7.6 PPR points a game and Khalil Herbert 0.9, 6.6 a game between them.

Khalil Herbert finished RB118 and Mack Hollins WR58, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Herbert is a running back and Mack Hollins a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mack Hollins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Khalil Herbert.