Should I start Germie Bernard or Emanuel Wilson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Germie Bernard: 52 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Emanuel Wilson's 48 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries. 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 Emanuel Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Germie Bernard

WR10 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 12.1 pts a game

Emanuel Wilson

RB7 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 12.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 19

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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 Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 19th 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.

No season market is posted for Emanuel Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 39 percent of SEA snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Emanuel Wilson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Emanuel Wilson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Emanuel Wilson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Emanuel Wilson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Emanuel Wilson projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Emanuel Wilson for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Emanuel Wilson: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.0 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games).