Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the team is better equipped to beat Baltimore, Jalen Ramsey, scouting the 2026 QB class, the grind of covering the team, the playoff win drought and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's how the change from Russell Wilson to Aaron Rodgers will change the way offensive coordinator Arthur Smith goes about his business. The relationship between Smith and Wilson had fam...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fans who simultaneously want to tank but also bring up the long playoff win drought, if CB is the team's biggest need, answer questions about Asante Samuel Jr. and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's whether the Steelers should pursue cornerback Jalen Ramsey as a trade option. The Miami Dolphins are trading Ramsey, the 30-year-old, seven-time Pro Bowler, in what is apparently a...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if we think the team should've pursued Jaire Alexander more aggressively, if the fit would've made sense, what type of DB they should be in the market for if anyone and why there is such an overcorrection on player projections when it comes to players 30+ years old. We also discuss what we've see...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's a question about trading for cash or cap space in the NFL.Unlike baseball, where it's relatively common, you can't trade for cash in an NFL trade. You also can't trade for salary ca...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team extending DeShon Elliott and the bigger picture of what it means. Could Calvin Austin III and/or Jaylen Warren be in line for extensions next? Should they be? The team needs to check as many boxes as they can to fill holes before the 2026 NFL Draft. Where do things stand with TJ? Has Oma...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's the signing of strong safety DeShon Elliott to a two-year contract extension on Monday, and whether general manager Omar Khan made a good deal. Elliott has agreed to a two-year cont...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the team is in a better spot going into 2025 than they were in 2024. What does Aaron Rodgers bring to the table that could go beyond his playing career here? Will the Ireland game be the pivot point in the season. Are the Colts a possible trade partner? Alan explains a little of the percentage...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's how the three weeks of spring practices have set up 53-man roster battles to watch during training camp.  The Steelers just went through two weeks of OTAs and one week of mandatory...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we reset where the Steelers stand from a salary cap perspective, explain how cash flow can help to manipulate the salary cap in a way, discuss if the Steelers are going all in for 2025 and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's how veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked at the team's three-day mandatory minicamp, which wrapped up on Thursday. Rodgers signed with the Steelers two weeks into the three-week...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go through each position group as we hit the reset button between minicamp and training camp. Who stood out? Who needs an impressive training camp to be on the right side of the roster bubble? Is Payton Wilson in for a larger role than we expected? What players should we be keeping an eye on at training...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's how much of a hurry Omar Khan should be in when it comes to making an addition to his wide receivers room. The Steelers have reportedly not been aggressive in making offers on the f...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if Will Howard's destiny is stamped as a backup following the arrival of Aaron Rodgers, which team has the greatest all-time roster, why fans are pressing the panic button over the TJ Watt contract discussions, Aaron Rodgers' fit with Arthur Smith and if the team is really in the market for Jaire...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's what the objectives are and aren't for the Steelers in their three-day mandatory minicamp. Minicamp used to be about a mid-offseason check-in between the team and the players to see...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what came out of Aaron Rodgers' first media availability as a member of the Steelers. What did he have to say about the process that led him to Pittsburgh, the already established connections, the ones he hopes to build and much more. We also discuss what Mike Tomlin had to say on that matter and...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's whether the T.J. Watt holding out from mandatory minicamp is an issue for the Steelers. Watt will not be in attendance for the three-day mandatory minicamp, which starts Tuesday at...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the idea of the team pursuing soon to be FA CB Jaire Alexander following his release from the Green Bay Packers. Is he a fit after the team added Darius Slay? We also discuss how contract incentives work, how QB-QB matchups go head-to-head, if there is a WR to be had in the New England Patriots'...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's whether the signing of Aaron Rodgers raises the Steelers' ceiling in 2025. Despite it being several days since the news broke that Rodgers will be joining the team for 2025, the Ste...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins the show to discuss what type of WRs you ideally need to build a room out, what the steelers are missing and if they can find what they are looking for in the form of a pass-catching TE? Is Darnell Washington underutilized? Does Aaron Rodgers move the needle for the team or just add enter...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's why some people are still salty about signing Aaron Rodgers. During Thursday's Afternoon Drive, Alan asked for questions about why fans that were upset about the team signing Rodger...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the news that Aaron Rodgers will be coming to Pittsburgh on Friday to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The long saga will finally come to an end, with the 4X NFL MVP joining Mike Tomlin's team as we all expected would ultimately happen. The timing of it is important as he will now be around for...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's whether or not they should sign free agent wide receiver Gabe Davis. Davis is taking a visit to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Thursday, and the big question will be his health. He p...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team's renewed interest in acquiring a tight end whether it be Jonnu Smith or somebody else following Donald Parham's injury. Despite their global popularity, the team isn't the team with the most fans and is very much a small market. What does Alan think about the progress of the offensive l...