Start Germie Bernard or Terry McLaurin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Germie Bernard over Terry McLaurin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 10.5 points and Terry McLaurin at 10.2, a gap of 0.3. 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 10.2 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Terry McLaurin is 45 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Germie Bernard 0.3 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Terry McLaurin and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin 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, Terry McLaurin played 73 percent of WAS snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Terry McLaurin over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Carnell Tate.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Chris Godwin Jr..