Should I start Germie Bernard or Christian Watson in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Christian Watson over Germie Bernard
- Market projects
- 15.1
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs WR
- 41.0
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 79%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 12.0
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 6
Start Christian Watson: 76 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Germie Bernard's 52 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Germie Bernard for Christian Watson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Christian Watson projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Christian Watson over Germie Bernard, 15.1 to 12.0 projected PPR points.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR10 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 12.1 pts a game
WR29 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 4-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 69
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The gap
- Board size297 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 Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Christian Watson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 48 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.
His 32 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.
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.
In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 12 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 6, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 48 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 143 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 6 against DAL he caught 3 of 8 targets for 64 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 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.
He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 18 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 48 percent.
This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Christian Watson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Christian Watson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Germie Bernard for Christian Watson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Christian Watson projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Christian Watson over Germie Bernard, 15.1 to 12.0 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Christian Watson for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Christian Watson: he projects 143 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Christian Watson over Germie Bernard, 15.1 to 12.0 projected PPR points.
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