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Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to ruin baseball for a lot of people. Yes, they are.500 under Don Kelly, but has much really changed (not that we thought it would)? Bryan Reynolds is in a career-worst slump right now as the offense continues to sputter. There are discussions taking place on national tv about whether the Pirates should entertain...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the NFL schedule release and how things shook out for the Pittsburgh Steelers. With the team opening up against the Jets and hosting the Packers on Sunday Night Football in the middle of the season, were the schedule makers baking in an Aaron Rodgers signing for the Steelers? What do we make...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team trading WR George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for draft compensation. How did we get to this point with the super talented WR and what missteps took place along the way? Are the Steelers right back where they were last offseason with the WR room? Is there an upgrade st...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates are finally making a change! The team is moving on from manager Derek Shelton and named Don Kelly as the manager for the remainder of 2025. Is Shelton a fall guy for a much bigger problem? The argument is certainly there to be made, but was he actually part of a potential solution or compounding the issues even more? Is Be...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! On today's episode we discuss the team moving on from Mike Sullivan as the team's head coach. The team will be looking for a new bench boss for the first time in a decade. We talk about the departure, how we got to this point, why it was time and who are some potential replacements. Based off Dubas' comments, is it fair to say they...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go through the draft haul the Steelers were able to accumulate through the 2025 NFL Draft and pick by pick breakdown the selection. Did they maximize the selections they had? Did they leave some value on the table? What boxes still need to be checked now that the draft is in the rearview? Let's disc...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates season feels like a continuation of the last 6 years, just all lumped together. The organizational failures continue to be a top to bottom issue. It's hard to place blame just at one level given the product and missteps along the way. Is there any end in sight? What or in this case who will be the first domino of change to...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's that time of year! The 2025 NFL Draft is ONE week away. Being that is the case, we decided to head over to the mock draft simulator one last time and see what we could come up with. Mixing what we would do along with going along with the team's pre-draft interest, let's see what type of haul we can give to the Steele...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates season already feels like a lost one just 18 games in. The team boasts the league's worst offense and while injuries may be playing a part in that, the team doesn't deserve to be able to use that as a crutch after the way they operated this offseason. The level of frustration seems to be at its peak for a fanbase who is us...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's do something a little different today. On this episode, let's discuss all of the potential Steelers' starting QBs in 2025 and how they could impact the team's plan to draft one in 2026. Mason Rudolph, Aaron Rodgers, Jaxson Dart, Will Howard and Jalen Milroe have all been discussed in some capacity to be the starting...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates season is underway and, in many ways, just feels like a continuation of the 2024 season. The starting pitching has largely been solid through the first week of the season, yet the club sits at 2-5 ahead of their home opening series against the New York Yankees. So how did we get here? Well, the offense has yet to score mor...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's that time of year! The NFL Draft is less than a month away. We thought this would be the perfect time to jump into another mock draft and see what boxes we can check. Is a trade back in Round 1 the path the Steelers should be looking to take? If Emeka Egbuka and Kenneth Grant are both on the board, which route would...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! On today's episode we discuss the team coming back down to Earth after a little bit of a hot streak. The team is who we thought they were, which isn't very good despite having spurts of looking like a fringe playoff team. The magic seems to have worn off on Tristan Jarry's recall, where he had a stretch of solid play between the pip...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates season is set to get underway, and we are back to give some predictions. The rotation took a huge hit before a pitch was even thrown, with Jared Jones set to miss 6+ weeks of the season. Who will step up in his place? Will this be what derails the season? We then go through who we believe will be the biggest surprise, bigg...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. NFL free agency is well under way at this point, and we are back to discuss how the Pittsburgh Steelers have changed in the recent days. They made a major splash the day before legal tampering began when they acquired WR DK Metcalf from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a 2025 2nd-round pick and then immediately gave h...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! On today's episode we discuss Kyle Dubas cleaning up during the NHL Trade Deadline. He continued to do what he's done for the majority of his Penguins' tenure and that is add draft capital. In what quickly shaped up as a seller's market, Dubas was able to maximize his assets and get the most in return for guys like Anthony Beuvillie...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's that time of year! The NFL Draft is 7 weeks away and free agency starts next week. The NFL Combine is in the rear view, and we look ahead to pro days. We thought this would be the perfect time to jump into our first mock draft and see what boxes we can check. Is a trade back in Round 1 the path the Steelers should be...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! On today's episode we discuss Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins continuing to make some moves ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline. The team sent recently acquired defenseman Vinny Desharnais to the San Jose Sharks for a 2028 5th round pick, clearing a 2026 salary in the process. They also sent Michael Bunting and a 2026h 4th round...

Smitty and Tyler talk all things Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates season is near as we begin spring training! This is normally the time of year where we get excited for the upcoming season and false optimism is renewed! Does it feel differently this time around though? With the team not spending much in free agency despite the rotation they have, is there a reason to be excited? They did...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! The 4 Nations tournament concluded with Canada defeating the US in a thrilling finale to win it all. When the players care as much as they did, it's hard not to join them in being passionate about it. This tournament proved to be an awesome showcase and really set the stage for the next Olympics. The Penguins goaltending issues cont...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. The offseason is here, so why don't we walk you through what we believe would be the ideal offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers?! We both go through current players on the roster we would extend such as TJ Watt and DeShon Elliott, if there is anybody such as Larry Ogunjobi we would cut and if there's any pending UFAs suc...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's that time of the year folks! The Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror and the NFL Draft is not quite here. It's time where rumors come in abundance, and we are here to discuss some of the names we've heard linked to the team as the new league year approaches. With the salary cap set to balloon, the Steelers can be ev...

Smitty and Tyler are back to talk all things Pittsburgh Penguins! Kyle Dubas has made his first major trade of the season, sending Marcus Pettersson and Drew O'Connor to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a conditional first-round pick, Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais and Melvin Fernstrom. How do we evaluate this move and what does it say about the direction of the team? Could Dubas rebuild t...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cleveland Browns superstar EDGE rusher Myles Garrett requested a trade this past week. A pillar for the team on and off the field, Myles has grown frustrated with the direction of the team and no longer believes in their vision. We discuss whether TJ Watt should feel the same way about the Steelers and if a similar move c...

Smitty and Tyler discuss all the latest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team has 24 players that are set to be either unrestricted free agents, restricted free agents or exclusive rights free agents in very short order here. This episode is simple. We are going to go through every name on the list and let you know if we think they will be back for the 2025-26 season. Russell Wilson or Jus...