Start George Holani or Seth McGowan? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 2:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start George Holani over Seth McGowan
- 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
- Market projects
- 2.9
- recent weeks avg
- JAX D vs RB
- 17.3
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 21%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start George Holani over Seth McGowan in Week 8.
Market-based projections have George Holani at 5.2 points and Seth McGowan at 2.9, a gap of 2.3. 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. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 2.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (2.4, 3.6 and 2.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 2.4, 3.6 and 2.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts George Holani 2.3 points ahead of Seth McGowan on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
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.
Seth McGowan and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 17.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 52 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 38 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, George Holani has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Holani is not on the injury report.
Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
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 7, Seth McGowan played 21 percent of IND snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.
Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Seth McGowan, Week 7 against MIN: 20 of 58 snaps, 11 carries for 46 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 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.
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 George Holani playing Week 8?
- Is Seth McGowan playing Week 8?
- Seahawks depth chart
- Colts 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