Should I start Germie Bernard or KC Concepcion Jr. in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Germie Bernard: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against KC Concepcion Jr.'s 79 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. 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.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · PIT · on bye this week
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- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 237
WR · CLE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 239
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The gap
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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 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on KC Concepcion Jr., and the board ranks him 239th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Germie Bernard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for KC Concepcion Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 61 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 42 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.
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.
In Week 8 against CLE he caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, KC Concepcion Jr. has been on the field for 79 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 3 times for 23 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 129 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PIT he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
KC Concepcion Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season KC Concepcion Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 61 percent.
This season KC Concepcion Jr. holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 16 percent.
Byes and availability
Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and KC Concepcion Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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