Running backs win waiver weeks, and that's the only reason Jonah Coleman sits atop Pro Football Network's Week 3 list. The position is where replacement level falls off a cliff, so a back with any path to touches is worth a claim even when the report gives you almost nothing to go on. PFN put Coleman alongside Devaughn Vele and Dalton Schultz as its top targets, and that ordering is roughly how I'd rank them.
Coleman first. Not because the reporting is strong, but because the position is thin. If you're adding a back off the wire in Week 3, you're buying opportunity, not production.
Schultz second, and only if you're actually streaming tight end. Tight end is the last problem you solve on a roster. The wire at that position refills every week, so a Schultz claim is a one-week patch, not a season-altering add.
Vele third. Receivers need targets to matter, and the report supplies none. A waiver receiver without a projected route share is a lottery ticket.
Here's the caveat, and it's a real one: the same PFN page carries a RUMOR confidence level alongside the REPORTED entry. That's a name list, not usage data. No snap counts, no carry or target projections, no depth-chart confirmation. Anyone telling you these three are locks is reading tea leaves. The reporting identifies names; it doesn't establish roles.
So order your claims rather than emptying your budget. Coleman is the add. Schultz is a need-based streamer. Vele is a bench stash you cut in two weeks if nothing changes.
What flips this: a beat reporter confirming a depth-chart promotion for Coleman before waivers process, which would move him from speculative add to priority claim. The opposite also holds. If Vele is blocked by healthy starters and Coleman is third on a depth chart, this list is a reminder that waiver columns and waiver value aren't the same thing. I'll take Coleman as my top claim of the three, expect Schultz to be the most widely rostered by Sunday, and consider Vele the one most likely to be dropped again by Week 5.
