Should I start Carnell Tate or Germie Bernard in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Carnell Tate's market-based projection is 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Carnell Tate: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Germie Bernard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 9 of 12 targets for 145 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 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 last full seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 48 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.