Should I start A.J. Brown or Germie Bernard in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 8:51 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Week 6 verdict
Start A.J. Brown over Germie Bernard
Wrong: 5.7 to 25.7
- Market projected
- 11.8
- pre-game
- NYJ D vs WR
- 28.5
- 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 44%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 1
- Scored
- 5.7
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 10.5
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 5
- Scored
- 25.7
- PPR pts
Week 6 result: the call to start A.J. Brown over Germie Bernard was wrong. Brown scored 5.7 PPR points to 25.7 for Bernard. Projected 11.8 to 10.5 before kickoff.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR23 · NE · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 6-9
- Market-based projection
- 11.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 60
WR33 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 82
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The gap
- Board size330 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for A.J. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Germie Bernard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.
In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 48 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.
In Week 3 against CIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 80 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.
He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Germie Bernard holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 44 percent.
This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 11 percent.
Byes and availability
A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Germie Bernard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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