Tank Bigsby or Germie Bernard: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tank Bigsby: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 182.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Germie Bernard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Tank Bigsby at 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Germie Bernard at 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tank Bigsby's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 24 percent of PHI snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 1 time for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 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.

Side by side

Tank Bigsby is a running back and Germie Bernard a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tank Bigsby is off in Week 10 and Germie Bernard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tank Bigsby is listed as questionable on the injury report.