Pat Fitzmaurice#8 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 19, 2026
Fitzmaurice said the Steelers receiver they call Jeremy Bernard offers something close to WR3 value for the rest of the season even once Pittsburgh is healthy, and they also predicted J.J. McCarthy would be the quarterback starting for Minnesota.
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What Pat Fitzmaurice said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromAnd yeah, I think there's something close to wide receiver three value the rest of the season, even when everyone's off by.
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- FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast)
- The episode
- The Top Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7 | RB Sleepers, WR Breakouts & FAAB Advice (Ep. 2275)
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- 1Positional Finishes“And yeah, I think there's something close to wide receiver three value the rest of the season, even when everyone's off by.”
- 2J.J. McCarthy to be 1st on the depth chart“And it's going to be J.J. McCarthy at quarterback. ... I do think it's going to be McCarthy.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “And yeah, I think there's something close to wide receiver…”1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| J.J. McCarthy to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 positional finish — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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
J.J. McCarthy · 2026 season15 calls from 11 pundits between 1 and 3. Pat Fitzmaurice said 1. the room's median is 2. not settled yet
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1Positional FinishesGermie BernardPittsburgh Steelers
“And yeah, I think there's something close to wide receiver three value the rest of the season, even when everyone's off by.”
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
2Depth Chart CallsJ.J. McCarthyMinnesota Vikings
J.J. McCarthy to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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