Should I start Germie Bernard or Josh Jacobs in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Josh Jacobs's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 75th highest figure of the 220 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 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.

Their 2025 seasons

Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Josh Jacobs 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 Josh Jacobs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.8 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.