Should I start Germie Bernard or Travis Kelce in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Start Germie Bernard: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Travis Kelce's 76 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Travis Kelce?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games).

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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.

Germie Bernard

WR36 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 13.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 90

Travis Kelce

TE14 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 11.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 92

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The gap

Board size292 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 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 92nd 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 Travis Kelce is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 through Week 7

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 7, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce 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 Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Travis Kelce?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Travis Kelce projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Travis Kelce for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Travis Kelce: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games).