Mike FanelliSep 26, 2026

In their Week 3 waiver-wire column, Fanelli said Rico Dowdle and Zay Flowers would both sit out Sunday while Adonai Mitchell plays, and that Jaylen Warren would take over as Pittsburgh's lead back.

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—Average accuracynothing settled yet

—A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

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What Mike Fanelli said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

While Jaylen Warren will take over as the lead running back, Heidenreich should see meaningful touches as a change-of-pace option and in the passing game.

Mike Fanelli, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

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The piece: 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups & Injury Replacements (Week 3)
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1Availability Calls“Fantasy players need to check Sunday’s game-day inactive report after Mitchell suffered a finger injury in practice earlier this week. Yet, he is expected to play on Sunday. (Week 3)”
2Availability Calls“While Zay Flowers was a limited participant in Friday’s practice, fantasy players shouldn’t expect him to play on Sunday... Baltimore will likely keep Flowers out of the lineup again this week (Week 3)”
3Availability Calls“Unfortunately, Rico Dowdle didn’t practice at all this week after suffering a toe injury in Week 2 and likely won’t play on Sunday. (Week 3)”
4Jaylen Warren to be 1st on the depth chart“While Jaylen Warren will take over as the lead running back, Heidenreich should see meaningful touches as a change-of-pace option and in the passing game.”

Box score

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Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
“Fantasy players need to check Sunday’s game-day inactive report…”¹	Availability Calls	—	—	—	—
“While Zay Flowers was a limited participant in Friday’s…”²	Availability Calls	—	—	—	—
“Unfortunately, Rico Dowdle didn’t practice at all this week…”³	Availability Calls	—	—	—	—
Jaylen Warren to be 1st on the depth chart⁴	Depth Chart Calls	—	—	—	—
4 calls · 4 waiting			—	—

How each call scored

4 checkable claims — 3 availability calls and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 7 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.

Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.

Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

Where this call stands in the room

Jaylen Warren · 2026 season

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1Availability Calls Adonai Mitchell New York Jets
“Fantasy players need to check Sunday’s game-day inactive report after Mitchell suffered a finger injury in practice earlier this week. Yet, he is expected to play on Sunday. (Week 3)”
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2Availability Calls Zay Flowers Baltimore Ravens
“While Zay Flowers was a limited participant in Friday’s practice, fantasy players shouldn’t expect him to play on Sunday... Baltimore will likely keep Flowers out of the lineup again this week (Week 3)”
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3Availability Calls Rico Dowdle Pittsburgh Steelers
“Unfortunately, Rico Dowdle didn’t practice at all this week after suffering a toe injury in Week 2 and likely won’t play on Sunday. (Week 3)”
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4Depth Chart Calls Jaylen Warren Pittsburgh Steelers
Jaylen Warren to be 1st on the depth chart
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