Should I start Denzel Boston or Germie Bernard in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 7:41 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Week 6 verdict
Start Denzel Boston over Germie Bernard
Wrong: 2.5 to 25.7
- Market projected
- 10.6
- pre-game
- BAL D vs WR
- 36.2
- 9th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 92%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 5
- Scored
- 2.5
- 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
Start Denzel Boston: 92 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.
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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.
WR32 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 10.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 79
WR34 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 83
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The gap
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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 Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Denzel Boston, 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 through Week 5
Through Week 5, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 29 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.
In Week 3 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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
Denzel Boston 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 Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 48 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 11 percent.
Byes and availability
Denzel Boston 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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