Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the leaks that have come out so far regarding the team's schedule. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the NFL should follow suit with other professional sports leagues and implement a draft lottery to determine pick order. What issues would arise from it? Is it necessary? Does it impact the perception of the integrity of the league? We also discuss if we feel like building through the draft is...

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 Steelers learning the date, time and opponent for their game in Ireland this season. The Steelers will be hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park for a 9:30 a.m. Eastern kic...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss some transactional news, including the team signing veteran RB Trey Sermon and if that could have any impact on Cordarrelle Patterson. Do the Steelers have the same amount or more drama than the rest of the league? Is there just a bigger microscope on them? How much more does Omar Khan have to do...

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 Steelers very intentional process of revamping the character of the team's locker room. The 2025 NFL Draft rookie class made their debuts in black and gold over the weekend, and...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins us to discuss the team's options both internally and externally to replace George Pickens. Do we think it's even a guarantee to add to the room? We then dive into what the Kaleb Johnson/Jaylen Warren backfield split could look like, if Beanie Bishop still has room for improvement and Alan...

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 big of a role second-year wide receiver Roman Wilson could have in 2025 after the trade of starter George Pickens on Wednesday. Wilson missed all of his rookie season with a ser...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss potential options that exist both internally and externally to replace George Pickens within the WR room. Could Amari Cooper or Gabe Davis make sense? What about a trade with the Packers for Dontayvion Wicks or Romeo Doubs? Why does Mike Tomlin not have a coaching tree and why can't they get the...

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 aftermath of Wednesday's trade of wide receiver George Pickens. Head coach Mike Tomlin took a lot of grief this offseason for promising to make changes and failing to deliver on...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fallout of the team trading WR George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for draft pick compensation. How did we get to this point? What do we make of the timeline of things? Were there missteps along the way to replace him? How should the team go about adding to the room now that he's...

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 team trading wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys. The Steelers are set to receive a 2026 third-round pick plus a swap of late-round picks in exchange for Pickens,...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the team needs Aaron Rodgers to sign before and participate OTAs or if the wait can drag on past that. What will the reaction be internally at this point should they come to an agreement? What do we make of the team getting new alternate helmets? Could Logan Lee make a big push for the 53-man...

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 update rule changes for the 2025 season will fix NFL overtime -- and a crazy idea about just how to fix them. The NFL is moving from the previous overtime rule to one th...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Justin Tucker being released by the Baltimore Ravens, numbers being given out to the rookie class, the first unofficial depth chart put up on our site, Tomlin being the longest tenured head coach in North American sports and the team's playoff chances being unchanged following the NFL Draft. Let'...

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 team's plan is for fifth-round draft pick Yahya Black. The Steelers have not prioritized the nose tackle position in recent years, never playing Breiden Fehoko in his two y...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins us to discuss what Broderick Jones needs to do to take a significant leap in year 3. How much does simultaneously making a shift to left tackle complicate things? Should they be putting this on his plate? We then discuss expectations for Aaron Rodgers even further removed from injury, a h...

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 happens to players like safety Ryan Watts after they suffer a career-ending injury. The Steelers released Watts this week, but doesn't mean they're washing their hands of the 2...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, James Crepea of TheOregonian.com joins the show to give us the inside scoop on Steelers' first-round pick Derrick Harmon. What made him so attractive to the Steelers and what are they getting in the player & person? Is there something about a change that took place on the defensive side of the ball for Oreg...

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 start rookie quarterback Will Howard in the 2025 season. There is obviously a chance that Howard, the team's sixth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft out o...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Spencer Holbrook of LettermenRow.com joins us to give us the inside scoop on the players and people the Steelers are getting in QB Will Howard and EDGE Jack Sawyer. How does Spencer see them fitting in, if they can carve out legit careers for themselves in Pittsburgh and much more. We then discuss George Pi...

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 will be willing to sign a second wide receiver to a long-term contract extension after already agreeing to a deal with DK Metcalf, and what a new contract with...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Tom Kakert of HawkeyeReport.com joins to discuss the fits of Kaleb Johnon, Yahya Black, Sebastian Castro and even second-year player Logan Lee. How does Tom see them carving out roles at the next level and what kind of players and characters are the Steelers getting? We then discuss how the comp formula is...

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 some process-related questions about the end of the 2025 NFL Draft. Our first question is whether players that were under-drafted compared to their expectations like Colorado quarte...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team moving on from DL Montravius Adams, S Ryan Watts being forced to medically retire from the game after a neck injury and then dive into grading the draft class. Where did the Steelers find surplus value? Did we feel like they maximized all of their picks? Let's go for another Steelers Aft...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss the team's selection of Oregon DT Derrick Harmon, the fit and how much he might play in year one. We also discuss the board of players still available and who might still be there at pick 83. RB? EDGE? QB? WR? S? There's a bunch of directions the team could go! Let's go for ano...