Start George Holani or Jaylen Wright? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright in Week 9.

Market-based projections have George Holani at 5.0 points and Jaylen Wright at 3.8, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for George Holani this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (5.4 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (3.9 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for George Holani yet. His market-based projections were 5.4 and 4.6 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts George Holani 1.2 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

George Holani and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 21.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 31 more yards.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, George Holani has the softer matchup.

Injury status

George Holani is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 8 against NE: 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start George Holani over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dylan Sampson over George Holani.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over Jaylen Wright.