Should I start Germie Bernard or Jaylen Waddle in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Jaylen Waddle's market-based projection is 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 24 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 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 57 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.