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

Week 7 Reaction and Waiver Wire Pickups - Episode 249 - Chasing the Natty: A CFF Show

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King Miller turns 18 carries into 158 yards and a touchdown after USC loses two backs to injury.

1. Chasing the Natty: A College Fantasy Football Podcast focuses on week 7 reaction and waiver-wire pickups for the 2025 college football season. 2. Jared Palmgren hosts the show, and he names Nate Marquis and Chris Moxley as the people who covered waiver content while he was away. 3. The episode asks which fantasy managers should react now, because Palmgren says the season is halfway over and playoff pushes are starting. 4. The first risk discussion centers on Cam Coleman at Auburn, who has 39 targets in six games but only 171st-ranked receiver production. 5. The show also examines TJ Harden at SMU, who has gone three games without a touchdown and has not broken 70 yards recently. 6. Rashad Dubinian at Appalachian State is another concern, because Jakari Lewis's touches have risen while Dubinian's workload fell to 12 carries against Georgia State. 7. Darius Taylor at Minnesota is included as a comeback case that still looks inefficient, with 12 rushing yards on eight carries against Ohio State and 32 yards on 14 carries against Purdue. 8. The waiver-trap segment warns against JC French at Georgia Southern after a 32.32 fantasy-point outing that came in a highly favorable game script. 9. Chris Johnson at SMU is flagged as an efficiency outlier after 96 rushing yards on five carries and two scores, including an 87-yard run. 10. Chris Reed at Sam Houston and Chris Barnes at Wake Forest are also treated as volatile touchdown-dependent plays. 11. Mason Hein at Pittsburgh gets the clearest quarterback endorsement after going 21-for-29 for 321 yards and two passing touchdowns against Florida State. 12. Palmgren says Pittsburgh's upcoming games against Syracuse, NC State, and Stanford make Hein a playable option every week. 13. Caden Creel at Jacksonville State is described as an elite runner who replaced Gavin Wimsatt and has 293 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in two starts. 14. The show pairs Creel with Cam Cook as a two-man rushing threat in the Sun Belt. 15. Brock Lowry at Western Michigan earns praise for a rushing floor of 427 yards and seven touchdowns through seven games. 16. The host says Lowry's schedule is mostly MAC games, which makes him especially useful during bye weeks. 17. The running back section shifts to injury-driven pickups, especially King Miller at USC after injuries to Wiegman Jordan and Eli Sanders. 18. Miller's 18 carries for 158 yards against Michigan are presented as a major sign that he can hold the role immediately. 19. The tone is conversational, candid, and sometimes self-aware, with Palmgren pausing to explain personal absence before moving back into roster analysis. 20. College fantasy managers who need waiver help, injury replacements, and quarterback streaming options should listen; casual fans who want a game recap should skip it.

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