Start Germie Bernard or Jerry Jeudy? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 4:11 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Germie Bernard over Jerry Jeudy

Start

Germie Bernard

Market projects: 12.0; fantasy pts
Snap share: 48%; Through Week 6
Target share: 15%; Through Week 6

Sit

Jerry Jeudy

WR · CLE · at TEN

Market projects: 3.5; recent weeks avg
TEN D vs WR: 35.9; 11th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 58%; Through Week 6
Target share: 11%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Jerry Jeudy for Germie Bernard?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Jerry Jeudy 37 (3.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Jerry Jeudy.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Germie Bernard over Jerry Jeudy in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 12.0 points and Jerry Jeudy at 3.5, a gap of 8.5. No player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.5 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Germie Bernard, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 53 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (5, 5 and 6 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 3.5 and 3.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Germie Bernard 8.5 points ahead of Jerry Jeudy on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Germie Bernard played 48 percent of PIT snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy played 58 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jerry Jeudy for Germie Bernard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Jerry Jeudy 37 (3.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Jerry Jeudy.
Should I drop Germie Bernard for Jerry Jeudy?
No. Keep Germie Bernard: he projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Jerry Jeudy 37 (3.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Jerry Jeudy.