Start Germie Bernard. Bernard is projected for 12.3 PPR points vs 12.0 for Rhamondre Stevenson, and faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Germie Bernard WR · PIT | Rhamondre Stevenson RB · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 12.3 | 12.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.4 | 14.2 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NO | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (31.8 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (17.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 39% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR3 | START · RB2 |
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Start Germie Bernard. Bernard projects for 12.3 PPR points vs NO, against 12.0 for Rhamondre Stevenson vs CHI: a 0.3-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Germie Bernard is projected to score more: 12.3 PPR points to 12.0 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
The sources range from 11.6 to 13.4 for Bernard and from 11.1 to 14.2 for Stevenson. The ranges overlap, so Stevenson outscoring Bernard is a realistic result.
Germie Bernard is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bernard at 11.6 PPR points, against 11.1 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rhamondre Stevenson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Stevenson at 14.2 PPR points, against 13.4 for Germie Bernard.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Germie Bernard plays NO and Rhamondre Stevenson plays CHI in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bernard faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs and Stevenson faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs, so Germie Bernard has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Germie Bernard has drawn 20% of his team's targets, and Rhamondre Stevenson 39% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Germie Bernard.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Germie Bernard nor Rhamondre Stevenson has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Germie Bernard is projected by 4 of them and Rhamondre Stevenson by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.