Steelers Afternoon Drive

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 general manager Omar Khan staying the course with his big-picture rebuild of the team at the expense of drafting a quarterback like Shedeur Sanders in the first round of the 2025 NF...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we answer your last-minute NFL Draft questions. Is a George Pickens trade on the table? How likely is a trade back? Why do teams have vastly different draft boards? If there's a run on DT and they don't feel strongly about QB, what position is the next likeliest? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Driv...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss last minute news just over 24 hours out from the NFL Draft. Could George Pickens be on his way out? Jordan Schultz says the team has taken and made calls regarding his availability. What do we make of Derrick Harmon's medical red flags popping up? Will that scare the Steelers off? What could it l...

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 Omar Khan and the rest of the NFL general managers are preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft. The Steelers and other NFL teams don't use mock drafts in the traditional sense, and 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 how Omar Khan and the rest of the NFL general managers are preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft. The Steelers and other NFL teams don't use mock drafts in the traditional sense, and the...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin's pre-draft availability. They touched on the QB class, were asked specifically about Shedeur Sanders, the idea of moving on from George Pickens, the type of player they are looking for along the defensive line, Aaron Rodgers and much more. Let's go for a...

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 the Steelers would be a good destination for a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. On Monday, ESPN's Mike Greenberg broke down how not being taken early in the draft i...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Adam Schefter's latest Draft into. Could Shedeur Sanders really fall into the Steelers' lap at pick 21? Would they pull the trigger if he did. Is George Pickens a name to watch on the trade block during the NFL Draft? Is the team still keeping an eye on Kirk Cousins? Who is a pros...

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 idea that the Steelers have changed course when it comes to selecting a quarterback early in the 2025 NFL Draft. At the end of the 2024 NFL Draft cycle, the two positions that t...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Jaxson Dart backing out from attending the 2025 NFL Draft, how to find the best value in this year's draft class, if the team would draft Shedeur Sanders if he fell to pick 21 and if Will Howard is still an ascending player. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and m...

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 idea that the Steelers are waiting to resolve things with free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers before they negotiate a contract extension for star outside linebacker T.J. Watt....

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Ed Thompson joins us to discuss his photos of Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh being shared on the Pat McAfee show and other places following the QB confirming it was him. We discuss what Aaron had to say in his first appearance of the off-season, if we buy what he's selling and if we are any closer or farther a...

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 reporting surrounding the pre-draft meeting between the top Pittsburgh brass and Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Shedeur Sanders. Sanders came to Pittsburgh for a pre-draft vis...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go back and forth pick by pick and see which one of us can land the Steelers a better haul from the 2025 NFL Draft. Will we trade up? Trade back? What boxes will we be able to check? Is acquiring more draft capital the priority? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more!...

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 pending contract extension for star outside linebacker T.J. Watt. Watt will almost certainly get a contract extension in the range of the four-year, $160 million contract the Cl...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the picture is becoming any clearer about the direction the Steelers will go in Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft as the pre-draft visits wrapped up. Is QB, WR, S or RB as much or even more likely than DT based off the information we have? Did they pivot during the process? If they do land a QB th...

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 names for the positions that defensive linemen line up in. The Steelers traditionally play in a 3-4 defense, which uses a nose tackle and two defensive ends. Some teams use a 4-...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the idea of the Steelers potentially not being all that interested in either Kenneth Grant or Walter Nolen. It's been an interesting process for the team leading up to the NFL Draft when you look at who has visited and who hasn't. We discuss the fits of the top group of DTs and how they are ranke...

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 team can or will put all of its eggs in the 2026 NFL Draft quarterback basket. The 2026 NFL Draft quarterback class is expected to be a very strong one, led by players l...

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fits of the top DTs in the class including Derrick Harmon, Walter Nolen and Kenneth Grant. Who are our favorite fits at any position at any point in the draft? Are the Saints going to be the team to take Shedeur Sanders with the unsure health of Derek Carr? Let's go for another Steelers Aftern...

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 could or would trade up for a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. We're talked a lot about Steelers general manager Omar Khan hoarding compensatory draft picks i...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fit of Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders. What does he do well? Where are his deficiencies? Is he the type of QB that you can compete with in a loaded AFC? Is he becoming the team's preference above all else? How important is draft slot and the fifth-year option to teams? How drastic is the drop of...

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 idea that the team and T.J. Watt are at some kind of a contract impasse. Watt ramped up speculation that something might be amiss with a cryptic Instagram post on Wednesday. Ian...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing in Oregon DT Derrick Harmon, North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton and Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon for pre-draft visits. What do we make of the players and their perspective fits? We also discuss if we are getting any closer to an Aaron Rodgers decision, if it could happen at Pat...

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 2025 NFL Draft quarterback class compares to its predecessor. Last season, an unprecedented six quarterbacks were taken in the first round, with Caleb Williams starting the...