Steelers Afternoon Drive

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we preview the team's upcoming matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. What key matchups will determine the result of this one? Will George Pickens get the best of Trevon Diggs and company? Can Justin Fields take advantage of a defense missing Demarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons? Will TJ Watt and company get bac...

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, Alan breaks down his key matchup for the Steelers in their Week 5 home game against the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is the Cowboys' big-play threat, and his presence...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest injury news with the team including Jaylen Warren and Cordarrelle Patterson being absent from practice still and Larry Ogunjobi popping up on the report with a groin injury. Russell Wilson remains limited as he beings to ramp up his activity. We then discuss if this is finally the year...

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 Steelers running back Najee Harris. Through four games, Harris has rushed 68 times for 228 yards and a 3.4 yards per carry that is down from his career average of 3.9. H...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest injury news with the team including Isaac Seumalo returning to full capacity, Jeremiah Moon being activated off IR, Cordarrelle Patterson and Jaylen Warren missing practice and more. We then touch on the Davante Adams situation again and give perspective about the value of draft picks...

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 pursuit of Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams. The Steelers are one of a number of teams that is involved in trade talks for Adams, a six-time Pro Bowler who...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike Tomlin's comments during his weekly availability. He highlighted that Jaylen Warren, MyCole Pruitt and Cordarrelle Patterson could all work their way back this week. Alex Highsmith will miss another week. We also talked about the flurry of roster moves including waiving Jalen Elliott and Dar...

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 Indianapolis Colts and head coach Shane Steichen picked apart the Steelers defensive scheme. The Steelers played a lot of Nickel defense against the Colts, and they tried to...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team losing starting RG James Daniels for the rest of the season due to a torn Achilles. Do they pivot to Mason McCormick or Spencer Anderson? Isaac Seumalo should be back in the near future, but the depth they had along the OL has been decimated. We then touch on the uproar about TJ Watt bei...

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 which of the problems that cropped up during the team's 27-24 loss to the Indianapolis Colts are ones to be worried about long term. There were many mistakes made by the Steelers th...

Alan Saunders joins Smitty live from Lucas Oil Stadium to discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers Week 4 loss at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts. 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 the team's upcoming matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. The team will be without Jaylen Warren, Isaac Seumalo, MyCole Pruitt and Alex Highsmith. Will Justin Fields and Calvin Austin III stack back-to-back impressive performances? Can they take advantage of a Colts defense without DeForest Buc...

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 between Steelers outside linebacker Nick Herbig and Indianapolis Colts left tackle Bernhard Raimann. Herbig is going to start in place of injured right outside linebacke...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Justin Fields discussing his lack of turnovers on the season after it being something that has plagued him for his entire career so far. Would you sign Justin Fields to a two-year contract for $50M right now? It's been floated out there. We also discuss what makes Connor Heyward a valuable commod...

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 3-0 start to the 2024 season can be maintained. There's no question the results in the win-loss column have been impressive for the Pittsburgh Steelers s...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest injury news with Najee Harris, Jaylen Warren and Isaac Seumalo. Are we pointing in the direction of a Seumalo return on Sunday? We then discuss if the team would think about limiting Justin Fields' playing time to ensure they didn't give up a higher pick to the Chicago Bears. On the ot...

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 surprising number of injuries the Steelers have suffered through the first three weeks of the 2024 season. The Steelers have 11 players on their injured reserve list, have alrea...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest injury news with Najee Harris, Jaylen Warren, Isaac Seumalo, Cory Trice and Alex Highsmith. Mike Tomlin ruled out Highsmith, Trice and Pruitt. The team also put Trice on IR meaning he will miss at least 4 weeks. James Pierre was added to the 53-man roster in his place. Tomlin also touc...

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 rash of illegal formation penalties around the NFL. The league has been cracking down on illegal formation this year, with tons of flags coming out in the first three weeks of t...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest injury news with Najee Harris, Jaylen Warren and Alex Highsmith. After a stellar performance, is Nick Herbig ready to slot into a bigger role? How about Calvin Austin III after what was somewhat of a breakout performance? Is he WR2? Are we ready to crown Justin Fields as QB1 over a hea...

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 veteran Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward The Pittsburgh Steelers defense has been dominant, allowing just 26 points through three games this season, and only six wi...

Live from Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Alan Saunders joins Derrick Bell for the Steelers Now postgame show after the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Chargers, 20-10 to improve to 3-0 on the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss Broderick Jones potentially getting right back in the lineup for an injured Troy Fautanu. Roman Wilson looks poised to make his NFL debut, what can he bring to the table right away? We then dive into our game predictions for this week's matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers who...

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 between Justin Fields and Los Angeles Chargers edge rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack. Of course, Bosa and Mack will primarily face off against Steelers tackle Dan Moore...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Arthur Smith and Najee Harris feeling like the run game is very close to breaking the seal and becoming dominant. Do we believe that to be true? Broderick Jones continues to work both sides and spoke about his recent performance and where he's at. We then discuss Mel Kiper Jr.'s take on banning C...