Start Germie Bernard or Keon Coleman? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Germie Bernard over Keon Coleman in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 9.4 points and Keon Coleman at 8.9, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Germie Bernard this week yet, so his 9.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.7, 10.5 and 12.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.4 and 8.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Germie Bernard yet. His market-based projections were 5.7, 10.5 and 12.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 9.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 9.4 and 8.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Germie Bernard 0.5 points ahead of Keon Coleman on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Germie Bernard and PIT host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 31.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and a touchdown a game against CLE.

Keon Coleman and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Keon Coleman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Germie Bernard played 61 percent of PIT snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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: 74 of 79 snaps, 12 targets and 11 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

Germie Bernard, Week 7 against NO: 58 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 3 against LAC: 32 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 yards.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Germie Bernard.
• Start Germie Bernard over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Germie Bernard over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Keon Coleman over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Chris Godwin Jr..