Should I start Germie Bernard or Xavier Hutchinson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Germie Bernard's market-based projection is 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Xavier Hutchinson's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 151st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Germie Bernard, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Germie Bernard has been on the field for 57 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, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 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 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Germie Bernard holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 54 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Germie Bernard is off in Week 9 and Xavier Hutchinson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

9.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.