Start Germie Bernard. Bernard is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs 9.4 for Rome Odunze, and faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Germie Bernard WR · PIT | Rome Odunze WR · CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 9.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.8 | 10.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.5 (WR22) | 9.8 (WR39) |
| Opponent | vs CLE | vs SEA |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-softest (31.8 pts/g allowed) | 1st-toughest (20.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 26% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Germie Bernard. Bernard projects for 11.4 PPR points vs CLE, against 9.4 for Rome Odunze vs SEA: a 2.0-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: 11.4 PPR points to 9.4 for Rome Odunze.
The sources range from 10.3 to 12.8 for Bernard and from 8.7 to 10.2 for Odunze. Even Odunze's highest projection is below Bernard's lowest.
Germie Bernard is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bernard at 10.3 PPR points, against 8.7 for Rome Odunze.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Germie Bernard has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Bernard at 12.8 PPR points, against 10.2 for Rome Odunze.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Germie Bernard plays CLE and Rome Odunze plays SEA in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bernard faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs and Odunze faces the 1st-toughest defense against WRs, 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 26% of his team's targets, and Rome Odunze 18% of his team's targets.
Germie Bernard has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
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 Rome Odunze has an injury designation for Week 8.
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 5 of them and Rome Odunze by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.