Start Germie Bernard or Jaylin Noel? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Germie Bernard over Jaylin Noel in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 5.6 points and Jaylin Noel at 4.5, a gap of 1.1. 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 5.6 fantasy points for Germie Bernard, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Germie Bernard at 18.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Jaylin Noel, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jaylin Noel at 18.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (12, 16 and 14 market sources).

That puts Germie Bernard 1.1 points ahead of Jaylin Noel on the market projections.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Jaylin Noel is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Germie Bernard played 38 percent of PIT snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Germie Bernard, Week 1 against ATL: 3 of 67 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Jaylin Noel played 45 percent of HOU snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylin Noel, Week 1 against BUF: 24 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 53 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 2 against CIN: 48 of 80 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 5 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 3 against IND: 14 of 54 snaps, 1 carry for 8 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Jaylin Noel, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 85 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylin Noel played 17 games for HOU and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 193 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Germie Bernard over Cody White.
• Start Germie Bernard over Darius Cooper.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Germie Bernard.
• Start Cody White over Jaylin Noel.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Jaylin Noel over Elic Ayomanor.