Should I start Germie Bernard or Tyler Huntley in Week 8?

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 Tyler Huntley, and the board ranks him 91st 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 Tyler Huntley is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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, Tyler Huntley has been on the field for 83 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 125 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 125 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 5 against ATL he completed 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 22 yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he completed 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he completed 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 12 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Tyler Huntley played 5 games and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He threw for 426 yards on 67 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 13.4 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Germie Bernard is a wide receiver and Tyler Huntley a quarterback, 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 Tyler Huntley in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.