Week 15 Recap: Patrick Mahomes Tears ACL + Philip Rivers Makes His Return
NFL Fantasy Football Podcast
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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones bring you the latest fantasy headlines after Sunday’s week fifteen games. They start the show by talking about the Bills comeback against the Patriots, then they discuss Patrick Mahomes' ACL tear and how they feel about the Chiefs pass catchers for the rest of the season (4:52). They also consider the impacts of Davante Adams’ hamstring injury (10:25) and Christian Watson’s chest injury (12:45).
Next, they discuss Philip Rivers returning to the field after five years off and what his performance means for the Colts pass catchers going forward (20:20). After the break they review the heroes and villains from week one of the fantasy playoffs (25:34) and answer the big questions from week fifteen (37:35).
They wrap the show by sharing the players in the drop zone (43:16) and who to pick up on the waiver wire (48:02).
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:15.8 | It's Monday, December 15th, 2025. |
| 0:18.4 | Welcome to the NFL fantasy football podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | We're ready to spit hot fire. |
| 0:21.9 | It's me and your man, M.G. Mark is joined by Michael F. Florio and Laquan Jones. And |
| 0:26.5 | happy Victory Monday, all three of our teams pulled out wins. I'm never happy when it's all three |
| 0:31.9 | of us, though, to be honest. Just saying. You're never happy anyway. Like, it doesn't matter. |
| 0:56.3 | No, I'm really happy now. You see the shirt. It's Victory Monday for sure. When the Rams win, you find a way to nitpick at it. Like, something wasn't right. I did that once. I did that against Baltimore, which we know that game was bad. Like, we shouldn't have won that game. Or you're beefing with other fans. |
| 0:57.5 | Yes, that is correct. |
| 0:58.2 | Very accurate. |
| 0:59.4 | I'm outside. |
| 1:00.4 | I'm barking. |
| 1:01.5 | You can't just enjoy. |
| 1:03.9 | You can't just enjoy. |
| 1:06.1 | Like, you talk about me, like, not taking L's. |
| 1:07.4 | Like, you don't take Ws, man. Like, you just don't. |
| 1:09.4 | Like, you just can't. |
| 1:14.5 | Oh, that's hilarious. |
| 1:16.3 | The Rams win, the Niners win. |
| 1:18.2 | The Bills win, Florio, in incredibly dramatic fashion. |
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