Preseason Hype Train or Smokescreen?
NFL Fantasy Football Podcast
NFL
4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones kick things off with the latest fantasy news, including James Cook’s new four-year deal with the Bills, injuries in Green Bay affecting Josh Jacobs’ draft stock, and Brandon Aiyuk eyeing a Week 6 return. (1:53)
After the break, the guys play Hype Train or Smokescreen, debating if DJ Moore could see snaps at running back, whether Travis Kelce’s off-field distractions are impacting his game, and John Metchie’s role in the Texans WR corps. (19:45)
They close the show breaking down surprising results from Florio’s King’s Classic auction draft and share key takeaways for your fantasy drafts. (34:45)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | Hey, everybody. It's Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Welcome to the NFL fantasy football |
| 0:20.2 | podcast, and we do everything perfectly legal. |
| 0:22.4 | To me, your RANDMG, Marcus Grant, joined by Michael F. |
| 0:24.3 | Florio and Laquan Jones. |
| 0:26.4 | Floyd, we were discussing before you got here before the show. |
| 0:29.9 | What is more illegal? |
| 0:32.1 | Oh, no. |
| 0:32.9 | Downloading music or faking an address to go to a different school? |
| 0:40.3 | I don't think either one of those things should be illegal. |
| 0:43.6 | I guess it would be downloading music because you're kind of taking money from people. |
| 0:47.3 | Like, I plead the fifth thought I've never done either one of those things in my life. |
| 0:52.9 | I've paid for every single piece of music I own. |
| 0:57.6 | I never downloaded LimeWire. |
| 1:00.1 | Never. |
| 1:00.8 | There was a period where people started cracking down on that. |
| 1:04.4 | And I was like, do I need to be worried? |
| 1:06.4 | Like they were going to come after like seventh grade me, you know? |
| 1:09.0 | Here's the thing. |
| 1:09.6 | I remember stories of like, you know, the FBI kicking in college dorm rooms and like dragging me you know here's the thing i remember stories of like you know the fbi kicking you know i'm taking you know sophomores away or something like that i was |
| 1:16.0 | like hmm all right should always be the uploaders getting in trouble not the download yeah yeah |
| 1:21.7 | we're just trying to enjoy i punish us i'm just trying to download the chronic and hope it's actually the chronic by the time I download the whole album. |
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