Start Dameon Pierce or George Holani? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 7.1 points and George Holani at 7.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for George Holani this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.4 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for George Holani yet. His market-based projections were 8.4 and 5.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dameon Pierce 0.2 points ahead of George Holani on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 118 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 21 more yards.

George Holani and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 38 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

George Holani is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 77 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, George Holani played 41 percent of SEA snaps, took 19 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

George Holani, Week 3 against WAS: 24 of 67 snaps, 3 carries for 10 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.

George Holani, Week 4 against LAC: 22 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

George Holani, Week 5 against SF: 26 of 63 snaps, 4 carries for 7 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 24 yards.

George Holani, Week 6 against DEN: 49 of 85 snaps, 5 carries for 20 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

In 2025, George Holani played 11 games for SEA and scored 20.8 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing RB93.

He ran 22 times for 73 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Alvin Kamara over George Holani.
• Start Blake Corum over George Holani.
• Start Brian Robinson over George Holani.