Start Germie Bernard or Calvin Ridley? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Germie Bernard over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 9.2 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.6, a gap of 5.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 14 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Germie Bernard, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 41 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Germie Bernard 5.6 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on the market projections.

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Calvin Ridley played 52 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Calvin Ridley, Week 2 against PHI: 33 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 3 against NYG: 20 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 4 against BAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 5 against HOU: 35 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Through Week 5, Germie Bernard played 48 percent of PIT snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Germie Bernard, Week 2 against NE: 55 of 70 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 3 against CIN: 17 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 4 against CLE: 29 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 5 against IND: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 80 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Calvin Ridley played 7 games for TEN and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Germie Bernard over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Germie Bernard over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Germie Bernard over Chris Godwin Jr..