Darnell Washington or Germie Bernard: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 171st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Germie Bernard at 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 172nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Germie Bernard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 185.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 64 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 4 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against ATL he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Side by side

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Germie Bernard a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

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

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.