Should I start Germie Bernard or Parker Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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 Parker Washington is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 61 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.