Start George Holani or Rico Dowdle? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Rico Dowdle over George Holani in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Rico Dowdle at 8.4 points and George Holani at 6.2, a gap of 2.2. Rico Dowdle's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Rico Dowdle is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Rico Dowdle, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market gives Rico Dowdle a 35% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for George Holani, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has George Holani at 19.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 13 and 15 market sources).

That puts Rico Dowdle 2.2 points ahead of George Holani on the market projections.

Injury status

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

George Holani is listed as questionable with a ribs injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 2, Rico Dowdle played 42 percent of PIT snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Rico Dowdle, Week 1 against ATL: 39 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 15 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Rico Dowdle, Week 2 against NE: 18 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 4, George Holani played 35 percent of SEA snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

George Holani, Week 1 against NE: 23 of 50 snaps, 8 carries for 29 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

George Holani, Week 2 against ARI: 18 of 70 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rico Dowdle played 17 games for CAR and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He ran 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 yards.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 27 of 51 snaps, 7 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 3.0 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 5 calls

• Start Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum.
• Start Rico Dowdle over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over Rico Dowdle.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over George Holani.
• Start George Holani over Blake Corum.
• Start George Holani over Brian Robinson.