{"id":55344,"date":"2026-04-25T01:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/55344\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T01:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:57:10","slug":"absolute-home-run-analyst-compares-swiss-army-knife-germie-bernard-to-hines-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/55344\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Absolute Home Run:’ Analyst Compares ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Germie Bernard To Hines Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their second draft selection: wide receiver Germie Bernard out of Alabama. To ESPN analyst Cole Cubelic, it\u2019s one heck of a selection in the second round. He thinks Bernard is an excellent receiver, comparing him to two iconic former AFC North receivers, including Hines Ward, who\u2019s very familiar to Steelers fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy is the epitome of a football player. I have a scary comp for this guy. I have two for you, one is Hines Ward\u2026 My other is Anquan Boldin. He is a Swiss army knife, utility player, do it all for your offense,\u201d Cubelic said Friday during one of ESPN\u2019s draft live streams<\/a>. \u201cEverything that needs to be done as a captain, he already handles that\u2026 You\u2019re getting that guy every single day. And I think the Steelers just hit an absolute home run.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a very complimentary player comparison, but Bernard is certainly worthy of praise. The Steelers didn\u2019t come into this draft needing a de facto WR1, already having two standout receivers in DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr. on the roster. But Bernard is an excellent complement to those two,\u00a0 figuring to step in as the WR3 in his rookie year.<\/p>\n

Germie Bernard is an excellent blocker<\/a>, which is probably part of Cubelic\u2019s comparison to Hines Ward. Bernard is physical and strong, and he isn\u2019t afraid to stick his face in the fan, whether it\u2019s in the run game or catching tough passes over the middle of the field. Once the ball is in his hands, he\u2019s very hard to bring down with excellent contact balance.<\/p>\n

But Bernard isn\u2019t just strength and grit. He\u2019s got some shiftiness to his game, being able to make defenders miss in the open field, and during his route breaks. He can run the entire route tree and affect the offense in a ton of different ways. Bernard saw work both in the slot and out wide at Alabama, and even took some handoffs and sweeps out of the backfield.<\/p>\n

Hines Ward is quite a lofty comparison for Bernard. If he can even get close to that level, it will be a home run of a pick for the Steelers. But after missing out on a receiver in the first round, the Steelers certainly took a step towards making up for it by taking Bernard in the second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their second draft selection: wide receiver Germie Bernard out of Alabama. To ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[31033,31034,31035,31036,41,17],"class_list":["post-55344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-cole-cubelic","tag-espn","tag-germie-bernard","tag-hines-ward","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116462868464218779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}