Should I start Rashee Rice or Germie Bernard in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 2:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 2:43 PM ET: Rashee Rice: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Germie Bernard: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rashee Rice's 57 percent of the snaps and 16 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.

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Rashee Rice?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.4 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.

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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.

Rashee Rice

WR31 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank: 70

Germie Bernard

WR32 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 13.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 74

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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 Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.8 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.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 2.6 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.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 61 percent.

This season Germie Bernard holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Germie Bernard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Rashee Rice?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.4 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.
Should I drop Rashee Rice for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Rashee Rice: he projects 124 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.4 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.