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Should I start Germie Bernard or Troy Franklin in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 3:46 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin

Start

Germie Bernard

WR

Market projects
12.1
fantasy pts
Snap share
48%
Through Week 6
Target share
15%
Through Week 6
Sit

Troy Franklin

WR

Market projects
3.0
recent weeks avg
Snap share
39%
Through Week 6
Target share
4%
Through Week 6
Start Bernard or Franklin? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Germie Bernard: 52 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Troy Franklin's 55 percent of the snaps and 4 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 Troy Franklin?

Not on these numbers alone. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Troy Franklin 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Germie Bernard

WR10 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
12.1 pts a game

Troy Franklin

WR65 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
4.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
154

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The gap

  • Board size295 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 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 158 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 1.0 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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 6, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Troy Franklin played 17 games and scored 177.1 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR31.

He caught 65 of 104 targets for 709 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Germie Bernard holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 39 percent.

This season Germie Bernard holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Troy Franklin has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Germie Bernard for Troy Franklin?

    Not on these numbers alone. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Troy Franklin 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.

  • Should I drop Troy Franklin for Germie Bernard?

    Not on these numbers alone. Troy Franklin projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.

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