Devaughn Vele or Germie Bernard: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Germie Bernard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 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 2025 seasons

In 2025 Devaughn Vele played 13 games and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.

He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Head to head

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 48 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 11 percent.

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.