Should I start Germie Bernard or Sam LaPorta in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 161 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 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 48 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.

Through Week 5, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 88 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 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.

He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Sam LaPorta a tight end, 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 Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.