Start Sione Vaki or George Holani? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 6:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start George Holani over Sione Vaki
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs RB
- 20.7
- 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 38%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 3.6
- fantasy pts
- MIA D vs RB
- 25.0
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 24%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop George Holani for Sione Vaki?
Not on these numbers alone. George Holani projects 12 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.5 a game over 8 games) and Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
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Our Week 9 call
Start George Holani over Sione Vaki in Week 9.
Market-based projections have George Holani at 5.0 points and Sione Vaki at 3.6, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Sione Vaki'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. 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.
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.
The market-based projection for George Holani is 0.1 touchdowns (8 market sources).
Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Sione Vaki, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Sione Vaki is 16 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (10 and 12 market sources).
That puts George Holani 1.3 points ahead of Sione Vaki on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
George Holani and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
ARI allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 30 more yards.
Sione Vaki and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIA allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 106 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 41 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Sione Vaki has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Holani is not on the injury report.
Sione Vaki is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, George Holani played 38 percent of SEA snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
George Holani, Week 8 against CHI: 11 of 63 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Sione Vaki played 24 percent of DET snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.
Sione Vaki, Week 4 against CAR: 12 of 71 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 5 against ARI: 23 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 7 against GB: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sione Vaki, Week 8 against MIN: 20 of 72 snaps, 11 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 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, Sione Vaki played 11 games for DET and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.
He ran 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 0 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop George Holani for Sione Vaki?
Not on these numbers alone. George Holani projects 12 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.5 a game over 8 games) and Sione Vaki 14 (1.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
Should I drop Sione Vaki for George Holani?
Not on these numbers alone. Sione Vaki projects 14 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (1.6 a game over 9 games) and George Holani 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts George Holani over Sione Vaki.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is George Holani playing Week 9?
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