Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss how Mike Williams and Preston Smith will fit into the team's plans for Sunday against the Washington Commanders. Arthur Smith spoke about the addition of Mike Williams and Teryl Austin spoke about bringing Preston Smith into the fold. We also discuss how the team can still made outside additions,...

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 the Steelers trade deadline acquisitions that won't get their bye week. The Steelers were on their bye week when they acquired Mike Williams from the New York Jets a...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss new additions Mike Williams and Preston Smith speaking to the media for the first time since the team acquired them. How do they feel about their fits in the offense and what role they will each play? Mike Tomlin, Elandon Roberts and Pat Freiermuth also spoke about the additions and the idea of t...

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' curious-at-first trade deadline acquisition of outside linebacker Preston Smith. Smith was not a player that had been rumored or connected to the Steelers leading up t...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team acquiring WR Mike Williams and LB Preston Smith at the 2024 NFL Trade Deadline. The team finally answered the question of who their new pass-catching option will be and got some EDGE depth to compliment the likes of TJ Watt, Alex Highsmith and Nick Herbig. What do we make of these moves...

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. Thursday is the NFL trade deadline, but it is also Election Day. The members of the Steelers come from a wide variety of backgrounds, with a half-dozen foreign born players in addition to Ameri...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing OT Dylan Cook back to the team on the practice squad. Zach Frazier returned to practice, worked with the starters and looks poised to return for the team's matchup against the Washington Commanders. There's less clarity in terms of Nick Herbig's availability, but he plans to giv...

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 could change about the Steelers defense with more familiar opponents in the second half of the 2024 season, and the return of cornerback Cam Sutton. Sutton is back from his eig...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we continue our discussion about expectations prior to the season compared to the contributions the team has received from each position group. Starting with wide receiver, what have we made from the contributions of George Pickens, Van Jefferson, Calvin Austin III, Scotty Miller and Brandon Johnson. How mu...

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 could be holding up a Steelers wide receiver trade. Everyone wants to know why the Steelers haven't pulled the trigger on a trade for a wide receiver just yet. Alan answered tw...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team waiving developmental tackle prospect Dylan Cook. What does this mean in terms of their plans for the roster spot, and do they feel good enough about their depth at the position? We also discuss if the team has played as expected amongst the offensive line and what we expect moving forwa...

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 about what one stat says about how Russell Wilson is playing. Adjusted net yards per attempt is a passing metric that take traditional yards per attempt, subtracts yardage lost due...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss where the team is at compared to preseason expectations in terms of the QB, ILB and IDL spots. Have Russell Wilson and Justin Fields played at, above or below expectation? How do you feel like they will perform the rest of the way? The ILB room still hopes to get Cole Holcomb back in the fold to...

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 state of the quarterback position in Pittsburgh and around the NFL. Lots of Steelers fans wanted Justin Fields to get the job with the Steelers because the they thought the youn...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the division rival Baltimore Ravens landing former Steelers WR Diontae Johnson in a trade with the Carolina Panthers. We also discuss the rumor that the New York Giants won't be trading WR Darius Slayton. Does this intensify the Steelers need to acquire another WR or did the performances of Calvi...

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 decision of Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin to turn the offense over to Russell Wilson. Tomlin got a lot of flack for his decision to sit down Justin Fields, who many believed h...

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Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we review the new DangeRuss sandwich that was created by Primanti Bros. in honor of Pittsburgh Steelers' starting quarterback Russell Wilson. Piled high with ham, bacon, pepperoni and salmi along with the staple fries, cheese, coleslaw and tomato, how does this sandwich stack up compared to their classics?...

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 injured Steelers players that could be making their return after the team's bye next week. The Steelers have certainly been very banged up this season, but after Monday's game a...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss injury news surrounding Roman Wilson, DeShon Elliott and Keeanu Benton. Who is in and who is out as we gear towards Monday Night Football. On the other side of things, will Dexter Lawrence and Brian Burns be good to go for the Giants? We then discuss the key matchups for this game including how t...

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 number of badly missed calls around the NFL and if there's anything that can be done about it. The Minnesota Vikings lost on Thursday Night Football, which sunk the Steelers' ho...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss injury news surrounding Roman Wilson, DeShon Elliott and others as we get closer to the team's Monday Night Football matchup with the New York Giants. We then discuss if Roman's injury history heightens the need for another pass-catcher. What did Arthur Smith have to say about the state of the 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 whether Mike Tomlin too frequently allows his teams to play down to their level of competition. The Steelers are facing a 2-5 New York Giants team on Monday Night Football that has...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss injury news surrounding Donte Jackson, Damontae Kazee, Cordarrelle Patterson and others. We then discuss Elandon Robers talking about how to not fall into a trap game and the familiarity of doing so going back to last season against the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals. We also discuss...

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 kind of upgrade the team needs at the wide receiver position. The Steelers have been connected to a pair of wide receivers on the trade market in New York Jets deep threat Mike...