Start Germie Bernard or Emeka Egbuka? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Germie Bernard over Emeka Egbuka in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 9.3 points and Emeka Egbuka at 8.9, a gap of 0.4. 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 9.3 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 (11, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 36 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Germie Bernard 0.4 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on the market projections.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 2 against CLE: 56 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for -3 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Germie Bernard over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Germie Bernard over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Germie Bernard over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.