Start Khalil Shakir or Germie Bernard? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Khalil Shakir over Germie Bernard

Start

Khalil Shakir

WR · BUF · vs BAL

Market projects: 11.3; recent weeks avg
BAL D vs WR: 35.8; 7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 93 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 63%; Through Week 6
Target share: 20%; Through Week 6

Sit

Germie Bernard

WR · PIT · vs CLE

Market projects: 9.4; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs WR: 31.8; 14th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 54 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 61%; Through Week 7
Target share: 15%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Khalil Shakir?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Khalil Shakir projects 97 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.7 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Khalil Shakir over Germie Bernard.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Germie Bernard in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 11.3 points and Germie Bernard at 9.4, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Khalil Shakir this week yet, so his 11.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (11.5 and 11.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Khalil Shakir yet. His market-based projections were 11.5 and 11.1 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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).

That puts Khalil Shakir 1.9 points ahead of Germie Bernard on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Khalil Shakir 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.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Khalil Shakir has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir played 63 percent of BUF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Khalil Shakir, Week 6 against LV: 41 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Khalil Shakir?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Khalil Shakir projects 97 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.7 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Khalil Shakir over Germie Bernard.
Should I drop Khalil Shakir for Germie Bernard?
No. Keep Khalil Shakir: he projects 97 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.7 a game over 10 games), Germie Bernard 51 (5.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Khalil Shakir over Germie Bernard.

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