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's it's how the Steelers defense might be able to better match up against the Baltimore Ravens with Zay Flowers looking likely to be out of the starting lineup. Flower is Baltimore's best...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss status updates for Cam Heyward, Chris Boswell, MyCole Pruitt, Donte Jackson and Mason McCormick. We also discuss the best way to mitigate poor offensive line play, what the coordinators had to say today and if a playoff win would mean all is forgiven amongst Steelers fans. Let's go for another St...

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 Steelers have fared under Mike Tomlin when facing a team the third time in a season. Tomlin is 3-2 in those games, and after sweeping the Baltimore Ravens in 2008, he's spli...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the confidence level in the hiring of the next OC if Arthur Smith were to land a head coaching gig somewhere else. Should we be so eager to push him out of town? On the defensive side, should recently fired Antonio Pierce or Jerod Mayo be on the team's radar to be added to the defensive staff? We...

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 No. 6 seeds have fared in the NFL playoffs since the league changed the format to seven teams in 2020. It's better than you might expect, with those teams going 4-4 in their fir...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike Tomlin confirming the team had a different approach this time around against the Bengals, as opposed to their first meeting. Does this show a lack of trust in Russell Wilson, the defense or both? We also discuss the defensive performances, if this is a desirable landing spot for DC candidate...

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 defensive unit of Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. Despite getting a healthy version of Cam Heyward and Minkah Fitzpatrick this season, de...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins the show to give bold predictions and preview the game against the Cincinatti Bengals. We also discuss if the team's discipline of Jermaine Burton could impact the team bringing Tee Higgins back and if a group of Steelers including Najee Harris, Dan Moore Jr., Donte Jackson and Russell Wi...

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 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals, specifically how the Steelers might plan to stop star wide receiver Tee Higgins, who has dominated the Black and Gold throughout his career....

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss George Pickens having a non-answer about him and Russell Wilson not being on the same page during an interception against the Kansas City Chiefs. We also discuss TJ Watt, Cam Heyward, Chris Boswell and Minkah Fitzpatrick being named Pro Bowlers and give an update on injuries to Joey Porter Jr., D...

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 problems on the Steelers defense, and whether they're attributable to one player or not. Coming out of the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last week, it seemed like the comments...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss TJ Watt being named the team MVP for the 5th time in his career. This marks the first time in club history a player has won the award 5+ times. We also discuss what came of the conversations with Arthur Smith and Teryl Austin today, what the team's New Year's Resolutions should be and why the Ste...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team returning Cole Holcomb, Roman Wilson and Logan Lee to practice on Tuesday. Will any of them be contributors down the stretch? We also discuss if there's a role for Jamal Agnew and or Eric Rowe to take. Finally, we discuss Zach Frazier winning the team Rookie of the Year award and Alex Hi...

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 play of the Steelers kickoff return unit. When the NFL made the change this offseason to its kickoff rules to emulate the XFL kickoff that we've seen all season, Omar Khan and M...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike Tomlin's weekly availability. He discussed the defense not being on the same page and how they need to hash that out on their own. They held a defensive meeting and challenged them to come together to right the ship. He was also very critical of Russel Wilson's turnovers as of late and harpe...

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 former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett, who played fairly well in his first start with the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday before leaving with an injury. Pickett was the...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we answer questions about changing draft needs, why the team isn't any closer to a Super Bowl now than they were 6 years ago, what the biggest overreaction has been to their losing streak and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

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 Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson, who might have played his two worst games of the season in back-to-back weeks against the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs. Wilson has th...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go over what went wrong for the team in their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The defense continues to trend in the wrong direction and there's certainly a level of concern about whether they will unravel with players calling other players out. The offense continues to sputter as well. They've had stretc...

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 has happened to the Steelers defense. Facing some of their toughest opposition of the season, the Steelers have allowed 90 points over the last three weeks. They've shown repea...

Live from Acrisure Stadium, Alan Saunders breaks down the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day,.a ` Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. The team will get George Pickens, DeShon Elliott, Larry Ogunjobi and Donte Jackson back for their matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs We discuss this, if there's concern with Zach Frazier and Mason McCormick hitting a rookie wall and more. We then dive into our predictions for Steelers-Chiefs including our bold predictions 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 how the Pittsburgh defense can defend Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. Kelce is one of the best ever to play his position, and while he hasn't been as statically domi...

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. The team saw George Pickens, DeShon Elliott, Larry Ogunjobi and Donte Jackson return to practice in full capacity. A welcomed sight, with the Kansas City Chiefs looming. We discuss this, what Diontae Johnson landing with the Houston Texans could mean going forward, how to attack the Chiefs offense, what to make of Pat Freiermut...

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 Kansas City Chiefs, who come to Pittsburgh on Wednesday as the two-time reigning Super Bowl winners and with a 14-1 record. Kansas City needs just one more win or one more Buffa...