Should I start Germie Bernard or Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Germie Bernard's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 61 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 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 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Harold Fannin Jr. a tight end, 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 Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.