Start Dameon Pierce or George Holani? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 11:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Dameon Pierce: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani
- Market projects
- 6.0
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs RB
- 19.0
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 5.2
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs RB
- 18.6
- 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 40%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Dameon Pierce over George Holani in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Dameon Pierce at 6.0 points and George Holani at 5.2, a gap of 0.8. 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 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.8, 10.4 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for George Holani this week yet, so his 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.5, 5.4 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 10.4 and 3.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for George Holani yet. His market-based projections were 5.6, 5.4 and 4.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Dameon Pierce 0.8 points ahead of George Holani on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Dameon Pierce and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
WAS allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 78 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.
George Holani and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
CHI allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 35 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.
George Holani is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce played 80 percent of PHI snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 47 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: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.
Dameon Pierce, Week 7 against DAL: 42 of 62 snaps, 14 carries for 47 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 7, George Holani played 40 percent of SEA snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
George Holani, Week 7 against KC: 25 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 11 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.
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.
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 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Dameon Pierce playing Week 8?
- Is George Holani playing Week 8?
- Eagles depth chart
- Seahawks depth chart
- Week 8 RB rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings