Should I start Germie Bernard or Keon Coleman in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Germie Bernard over Keon Coleman
- Market projects
- 9.4
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs WR
- 31.8
- 14th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 61%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 8.9
- recent weeks avg
- BAL D vs WR
- 35.8
- 7th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 6
Start Germie Bernard: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Keon Coleman's 78 percent of the snaps and 19 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.
WR37 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 13.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 94
WR39 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 98
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The gap
- Board size293 draftable players
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 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 98th 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-based projection for Keon Coleman is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far
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 6, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
Germie Bernard is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.
He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.
That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 61 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 15 percent each.
Byes and availability
Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Keon Coleman in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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