Should I start Germie Bernard or Bijan Robinson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 5.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 5.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Germie Bernard's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 61 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 80 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 12 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 71 percent of ATL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 17 times for 86 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 9 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -8 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 20 times for 63 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Bijan Robinson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Bijan Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.