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

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

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Oct 23, 2:27 PM ET: Colts' Tyler Warren to miss second game with groin injury (ESPN)
Oct 23, 1:13 PM ET: Tyler Warren: Questionable to Out (Groin) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Germie Bernard: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tyler Warren's 91 percent of the snaps and 22 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 Tyler Warren?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Warren projects 111 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 9 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.

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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.

Tyler Warren

TE13 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Overall rank: 89

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

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The gap

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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 Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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

Tyler Warren is a tight end 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

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Germie Bernard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Tyler Warren?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyler Warren projects 111 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 9 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.
Should I drop Tyler Warren for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Tyler Warren: he projects 111 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.3 a game over 9 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.