Should I start George Pickens or Germie Bernard in Week 7?

The market-based projections

George Pickens's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, George Pickens has been on the field for 85 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 57 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 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 George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 57 percent.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Germie Bernard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

George Pickens is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.