Khalil Shakir or Germie Bernard: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Germie Bernard over Khalil Shakir in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 10.5 points and Khalil Shakir at 9.5, a gap of 1.0. 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 10.5 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).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Germie Bernard 1.0 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Khalil Shakir and BUF visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 32.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Khalil Shakir 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, Khalil Shakir played 64 percent of BUF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Shakir, Week 2 against DET: 36 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 3 against LAC: 48 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 4 against NE: 45 of 59 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 5 against LAR: 44 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 80 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Khalil Shakir played 16 games for BUF and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 178 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Germie Bernard scored 25.7 PPR points and Khalil Shakir scored 13.4.

The call was right: Germie Bernard outscored Khalil Shakir by 12.3.

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.

Khalil Shakir finished 3.9 points above the 9.5 the market projected.

Khalil Shakir, Week 6 against LV: 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.4 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir finished as the week's WR24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

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