Start Woody Marks or George Holani? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Woody Marks over George Holani in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Woody Marks at 7.3 points and George Holani at 6.7, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.3 fantasy points for Woody Marks, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Woody Marks at 25.5 rushing yards, 7.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (6, 6, 5 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for George Holani, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has George Holani at 21.5 rushing yards, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (7 and 14 market sources).

That puts Woody Marks 0.6 points ahead of George Holani on the market projections.

Injury status

Woody Marks is not on the injury report.

George Holani is listed as questionable with a ribs injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Woody Marks played 46 percent of HOU snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 1 against BUF: 40 of 79 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -2 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 2 against CIN: 38 of 80 snaps, 8 carries for 8 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 3 against IND: 20 of 54 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 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 5 calls

• Start Tyler Allgeier over Woody Marks.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over George Holani.
• Start Blake Corum over George Holani.
• Start Brian Robinson over George Holani.