Chasing the Natty: A College Fantasy Football Podcast · Jared Palmgren and Nate Marchese

Week 5 Reaction and Waiver Wire Pickups - Episode 247 - Chasing the Natty: A CFF Show

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Isaac Brown looked like a rock-solid top-10 pick, then injury changed everything.

1. Chasing the Natty Week 5 Reaction and Waiver Wire Pickups is a college fantasy football episode centered on freakout-scale concerns and Week 6 waiver decisions. 2. Chris Moxley fills in for Jared Palmgren, and Chris K. and Nate add their own rankings and roster opinions. 3. The episode asks which players are still startable, which waiver adds are traps, and which under-rostered quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers should be added now. 4. Drew Mestemaker of North Texas has not passed for 250 yards since Week 1, and he has negative rushing yards in two of his last three games. 5. The hosts tie Mestemaker’s dip to odd game scripts against South Alabama and Army and to Skylar Cassidy’s improved North Texas defense. 6. Isaac Brown’s Week 5 usage creates the sharpest injury-related debate on the freakout scale. 7. Sutton Smith at Memphis enters the conversation as a volatile running back in a hot-hand split with Greg Rogers. 8. Ben Go Branson’s 440-yard passing day for Stanford is treated as a trap rather than a waiver solution. 9. Lavelle Wright of Western Kentucky is described as touchdown-dependent after scoring on limited usage and only 33 snaps on the season. 10. Jordan Fuller at James Madison and Trent Howland at Oklahoma State are both discussed as backfield names that do not create weekly trust. 11. Caleb Kamofali’s 27 carries for Northwestern stand out, but the offense still makes him difficult to trust as a starter. 12. Chandler Morris is described as a top-five quarterback whose 26% roster rate makes his availability hard to explain. 13. Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is highlighted for three straight strong games after his Georgia opener, with rushing production driving the fantasy value. 14. Liam Starsky’s move into the Air Force quarterback role is framed as a system-fit decision that unlocks more than the passing expectation alone. 15. Caleb Hawkins is presented as the North Texas running back most likely to keep the job after a 42-point week and a larger receiving role. 16. Quashly, Michael Allen, and Middlebrook are all named as running backs with receiving volume that can matter in PPR formats. 17. The episode uses a conversational, ranking-heavy format with frequent back-and-forth between Chris Moxley, Chris K., and Nate. 18. The tone stays practical and roster-focused, with repeated comparisons between snap counts, target shares, carry totals, and ownership rates. 19. Listeners who play college fantasy football and manage waiver wires. 20. Listeners looking for story-heavy, non-fantasy college football discussion.

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