Two players, one answer.
Germie Bernard vs Omar Cooper Jr.
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 10.2 to 10.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Omar Cooper Jr. by 19% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Omar Cooper Jr. by 6% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Germie Bernard is projected 0.1 points ahead of Omar Cooper Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · PIT
Germie Bernard
10.2 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.8 a game this season · last 3: 14.4, 25.7, 5.7
WR · NYJ
Omar Cooper Jr.
10.1 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET
16.3 a game this season · last 3: 4, 22.3, 22.5
- Germie Bernard has scored 15.3 a game over his last three, above his 9.8 season average.
What the call rests on
- Germie Bernard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:00 AM ET
- Omar Cooper Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:00 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 1:07 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 1:07 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Bernard | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| Half PPR | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| Standard | 6.2 | 6.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Omar Cooper Jr. 8.3, Germie Bernard 8.2.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Omar Cooper Jr. 6.6, Germie Bernard 6.2.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.