Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we the team signing kicker Chris Boswell to a four-year contract extension, signing Greg Crippen following rookie camp and what Alan's main takeaways coming out of rookie camp were. It's a hard setting to evaluate, but what if anything stood out? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all...

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 reaction to the performance of Penn State rookie quarterback Drew Allar at the team's rookie minicamp, with the internet breaking down his performance in excruciating detail. Al...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Aaron Rodgers and what Omar did or didn't say in regard to the QB being in Pittsburgh and meeting with the team. We also discuss what is going on at rookie camp in regard to Drew Allar being the only QB, if there is anybody that can emerge from the tryout and undrafted group to make a splash 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 the team's rookie minicamp tryouts, which were announced on Friday. Twelve tryouts are coming to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex hoping to earn a job, three veterans and nine rookies, wi...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Parker Thune joins to discuss what the team is getting in Robert Spears-Jennings. What attracted the Steelers to the person and player and how does he see him fitting in at the next level. Can he be somebody that contributes beyond special teams? We then discuss the latest surrounding Aaron Rodgers 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 the news that Aaron Rodgers is coming to Pittsburgh this week, with the intention of signing a new deal with the team. Rodgers has not yet made it official, and there may be details...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Zach Osterman of the IndyStar joins us to discuss Riley Nowakowski and what he brings to the table. What kind of player and person did the Steelers draft in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft? We then discuss the Steelers not being part of the international games and if there is an NFL comp for Drew Alla...

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 discusses the potential of the NFL schedule release being delayed by at least a week and why that may be the case. A date that has become something football fans very much look forw...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Tom Kakert of Hawkeye Report on On3 joins the show to discuss Gennings Dunker & Kaden Wetjen. What are the Steelers getting in these two players both on and off the field and how will they fit in? We then discuss the probability of Drew Allar or Will Howard ever becoming a starting QB at the NFL level. Let'...

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 Alan's article about Drew Allar, the history of third-round quarterbacks in the NFL, and how they're both at the same time, much more likely to succeed than sixth-round picks like W...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing Jaheim Bell back into the fold, the idea the Steelers changed their offseason schedule around in any way to go along with an Aaron Rodgers timeline, if there's a growing sense of frustration with Aaron Rodgers, how NIL deals work if a player comes out in the NFL Draft and potent...

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 upcoming contract negotiations between the team and 2023 NFL Draft defenders Nick Herbig and Keeanu Benton. Their agent spoke over the weekend and broke down how the role of one...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Navy Wide Receiver coach Mick Yokitis joins to talk about Eli Heidenreich. What can we expect from Eli at the next level? What kind of player and person did the Steelers get? When did coach Yokitis think the NFL was a reality for Eli? We then discuss service requirements for players from military schools, i...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Justin LaCertosa of DevilsDigest joins to discuss Max Iheanachor. We talk about his meteoric rise to a first-round selection and how he will fit in with the Pittsburgh Steelers. How did Arizona State turn a kid who had not played football into the 21st overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft? What about his game...

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 Eli Heidenreich, the team's seventh-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, who played a position called Snipe while he was at Navy. What's a Snipe, and where did that position come from,...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Kyle Brey of IMG Academy joins to give us the inside scoop on new Steelers CB Daylen Everette. What did Kyle have to say about the player and person the Steelers acquired in the third-round of the 2026 NFL Draft? How will he fit in and did his high school experience uniquely prepare him? We then answer ques...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, coach Rich Muraco of the Liberty Patriots joins to discuss new Steelers WR Germie Bernard who played under him at Libert high school. Coincidentally, Troy Fautanu also played under Muraco, so we dive into him a bit too. We talk about the player and person the Steelers are getting and coach Muraco's Steelers...

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 placing a rare UFA tender on quarterback Aaron Rodgers, which will either secure his rights for the 2026 season, or allow the team to gain draft pick compensation if he...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the Steelers 2026 NFL Draft class as a whole and the meat they left on the bone in terms of maximizing the value at each spot. They made 10 selections, but did they get the most bang for their buck with their draft haul? We then discuss the team re-signing Dean Lowry and Brandon Johnson and the U...

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 Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, who finally broke his months-long silence after resigning from the team in January. Tomlin made his first appearance on NBC, where he will be...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss the Max Iheanachor selection and the fallout of the pick. Could Troy Fautanu be moving off his right tackle spot? What does this mean for Broderick Jones? What do we make of the team clearly getting sniped for WR Makai Lemon? Who do we think is on the table for the team enterin...

Join Alan Saunders & Zachary Smith just ahead of the start of the 2026 NFL Draft to discuss any last-minute rumors, news and what we think is going to go down this weekend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 13th and final episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview where we finish our collaborative mock draft and also discuss Alan's three-round mock draft, which has wide receiver Omar Co...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what fans coming in for the 2026 NFL Draft can look forward to in and around Pittsburgh. Alan got a look at what all the city has to offer fans from an experience perspective for the event and believes Pittsburgh and the Steelers have done as good of a job as they could have. We also answer quest...

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 12th episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer to discuss the mess that is the Carolina Panthers, who have similar needs to the Ste...