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 why Omar Khan hasn't made a move to bolster the Steelers wide receiver position yet. The Steelers have gotten just five catches for 28 yards from, the totality of their wide receive...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the Steelers mounting injuries, specifically with special teams contributors. Can they make up for the losses of Ben Skowronek and Tyler Matakevich? Could this be the week Roman Wilson gets a helmet and makes his NFL debut? How similar to the steelers are the new-look LA Chargers under head coach...

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 why you shouldn't be overconfident against the Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday. The Steelers are 2-0, and while there are plenty of questions and hand-wringing about the offense, t...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what head coach Mike Tomlin had to say during his Tuesday availability. He touched on why he rotated Broderick Jones and Troy Fautanu against the Denver Broncos and if that would continue to be a thing. We touch on where Broderick is at right now and if this could be a lost season. It seems like...

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 why T.J. Watt doesn't draw more holding penalties. You hear it every week: Steelers fans complaining about how often T.J. Watt is held. But is he really? Alan explains about an exce...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what the issues are and aren't for second-year tackle Broderick Jones. Is former Steeler Chris Hoke right to question his engagement in the process? What about the play of Patrick Queen? We also touch on Arthur Smith's performance through two games, the snap issues between Zach Frazier and Justin...

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's offense through the first two weeks of the 2024 season. The Steelers have utilized a very conservative game plan, which hasn't told us every much about how good Arthur Sm...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to preview the team's matchup with the Denver Broncos. We dive into the key matchups such as George Pickens vs Pat Surtain II, Joey Porter Jr. vs Courtland Sutton and many others. Can the Steelers defense look as dominant as they did last week against the Atlanta Falcons? Will TJ Watt 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 team's defense can match up against Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix. Mike Tomlin has only lost to six rookie quarterbacks in his NFL tenure, but two of them came la...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Russell Wilson talking about what he needs to do to get back as it looks like we are trending towards a second straight start for Justin Fields. Dan Moore Jr. returned to practice and assumed the starting LT spot. The interesting thing was that Troy Fautanu, not Broderick Jones took the majority...

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 difference between option, play action, read option and RPO and how the Steelers can utilize the concepts with quarterback Justin Fields. The option and play action are not new...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Troy Fautanu stepping up in place of an injured Dan Moore Jr. to work with the starters. Could this be the opening he needed to jump into the starting lineup? Russell Wilson and Roman Wilson were both limited participants, and tomorrow will go a long way for determining their availability for Sun...

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 general manager Omar Khan is able to pay players one amount and have their salary cap hit be another. Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward signed a three-year, $45 million cont...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike Tomlin's comments regarding the QB position going forward. Will Justin Fields continue to operate as the starter, or will he give way to Russell Wilson if he's able to work his way back from his calf injury? Could an ankle injury to Dan Moore Jr. open the door for Troy Fautanu to jump into 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 separating a poor acquisition from a poor player. Terrell Edmunds is back in Pittsburgh after a one-year hiatus, and that has some fans lamenting the return of the 2018 first-round...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing back a couple of former faces in safety Terrell Edmunds and punter Corliss Waitman. Waitman comes in after it was announced Cam Johnston's injury would sideline him for the remainder of the season. Edmunds joins a deep safety group including Minkah Fitzpatrick, Damontae Kazee an...

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 Justin Fields changed his game to help earn a victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Fields had made 40 career starts before taking over for injured Pittsburgh starter Russ...

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Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team agreeing to terms on contract extension with tight end Pat Freiermuth. What does this mean for him and the team moving forward? We also discuss Russell Wilson being listed as questionable after not doing much of anything at Friday's practice ahead of the team's matchup against the Atlant...

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 Week 1 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. There will be several key matchups for Pittsburgh, including the young interior offensive linemen making their first career starts again...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Russell Wilson being a limited participant in practice due to his lingering calf issue and Darnell Washington missing practice with a knee injury. We then dive into our season predictions for the team including breakout players, team record and how they will fare in the AFC North. Lastly we discu...

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 extend the contract of tight end Pat Freiermuth. Freeiermuth and the team appear close to a new deal, after the club made 2024 salary cap space to handle...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team's outlook for 2024. Are fans too negative about what this team is heading into the season? Do you sense more pessimism than normal? What are our bold predictions for the team and what should the expectations be of what they can achieve? We also give injury updates on Troy Fautanu, Roman...

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 contract extension signed by defensive captain Cam Heyward on Wednesday. Heyward and the Steelers agreed to a two-year extension, or more accurately, a new three-year contract,...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the handling of offensive linemen and their versatility. Have they gone too far with them wanting guys to be position versatile? Spencer Anderson will get the first crack at LG while Isaac Seumalo is on the shelf, however Beanie Bishop was not named the team's starting slot CB just yet. Mike Toml...