Denzel Boston or Germie Bernard: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Denzel Boston over Germie Bernard in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 10.6 points and Germie Bernard at 10.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.6 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 51 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Germie Bernard, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 45 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Denzel Boston 0.1 points ahead of Germie Bernard on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Denzel Boston and CLE host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Denzel Boston played 92 percent of CLE snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 2 against TB: 54 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 3 against CAR: 62 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 4 against PIT: 61 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 89 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 62 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

How Week 6 went

Denzel Boston scored 2.5 PPR points and Germie Bernard scored 25.7.

The call was wrong: Germie Bernard outscored Denzel Boston by 23.2.

Denzel Boston finished 8.1 points below the 10.6 the market projected.

Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards, 2.5 PPR points.

Denzel Boston finished as the week's WR78 in PPR scoring.

Germie Bernard finished 15.2 points above the 10.5 the market projected.

Germie Bernard, Week 6 against TB: 12 targets and 11 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.7 PPR points.

Germie Bernard finished as the week's WR3 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Denzel Boston.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Germie Bernard over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Germie Bernard.
• Start Germie Bernard over Brian Thomas Jr..