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 whether offensive coordinator Arthur Smith can scheme his way around the team's wide receiver shortage. After trading away Diontate Johnson and missing out on Brandon Aiyuk, the Ste...

Derrick and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team's outlook for 2024 and if we feel any differently than we did about them than we did during the Spring. What are we most excited to see when the team heads to Atlanta for their week one matchup against the Falcons. We then answer questions about if Patterson could see a role as a WR, if the pa...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team adding WR Ben Skowronek to their practice squad. We then answer questions about Roman Wilson stepping into a big role early, what the expectations should be for the offense, if the Steelers are good at evaluating their own talent and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Dri...

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 how good the Steelers passing offense can be, now that they've missed on Brandon Aiyuk and all of the rest of the receivers on the open market. Alan made some comparisons to som...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team starting to fill out it's practice squad and if there's anything to read into with who was and who wasn't added. Notably left off (so far) are Dez Fitzpatrick and John Rhys Plumlee. We then dive into the Brandon Aiyuk saga and why a trade is actually more possible now than it's ever been...

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 continuing saga with San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. Alan talked about why the Steelers appear to be putting all their eggs in one basket by pursuing only Aiuyk...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team losing starting guard Isaac Seumalo for about a month. Can Spencer Anderson step up in his place? The team made some practice squad additions bringing back Anthony Averett, while adding Doug Nester and Brandon Johnson to the roster. Troy Fautanu said he'd return to practice next week, as...

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 NFL roster limit of 53 players. Alan talked about why the NFL limits teams to 53 players, why not all of them are allowed to dress for a game, and how that impacted reserve quar...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team's initial 53-man roster and the cuts that were made to get to this point. Were we surprised by Kyron Johnson and Thomas Graham not making the roster? What about Jalen Elliott and Logan Lee making the roster? Could the team look to recently cut WRs such as Grant DuBose, Tim Patrick or Noa...

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 interest in wide receivers other than Brandon Aiyuk. Alan talked about his report from Monday that the Steelers have talked to the Houston Texans about John Metchie III...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what we learned and what we still have questions about following the Steelers preseason finale against the Detroit Lions. Who played themselves on and off of the 53-man roster? Could the Steelers explore outside WR options that aren't Brandon Aiyuk such as John Metchie or Donovan Peoples-Jones? I...

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 cut-down from 90 players to 53 players on the active roster, which will happen by 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Alan talked about whether there are any forthcoming surprise cuts f...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins the show to discuss the Steelers covering WRs with LBs in the past and how opposing teams get that mismatch. We then dive into who and what we need to see in the team's preseason finale against the Detroit Lions. Can Justin Fields still win the QB1 job from Russell Wilson? Will Broderick...

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 Washington Commanders trade of Jahan Datson and whether Omar Khan made a mistake by sticking to his apparent Brandon Aiyuk or bust strategy. Alan talked about what the Commander...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Nick Farabaugh of PennLive.com fills in for Smitty, as he's throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Wild Things game. Alan and Nick discussed the slow start to the 2024 preseason for the Steelers offense and how concerning it is, the roster battles that will be on display when the Steelers close thei...

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 contractual options NFL teams have to navigate with players who have suffered major injuries. Alan broke down the options for a team after a player has suffered a major injury,...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Russell Wilson speaking to the media about he and the majority of starters (including a returning Beanie Bishop) preparing to play quite a bit on Saturday vs the Detroit Lions in the team's preseason finale. We also discuss Roman Wilson's progress as he works his way back from an ankle injury. 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 what we can learn from football analytics. Alan gives his perspective on analytics in general, specifically from covering baseball and hockey, and how that background has led to som...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the news of the day including the team placing Nate Herbig on IR, releasing Anthony Averett, adding 2 new LBs, and getting Payton Wilson and Johnathan Ward back at practice. Dylan Cook is now in a walking boot though as the team's OL depth is really being tested early. We also heard from Arthur S...

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 punting game with new punter Cameron Johnston. Alan gives his perspective on why Johnston's big leg might not be as much of an asset as it might seem at first glance, e...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the latest with the injuries to Nate Herbig and Jaylen Warren. Could internal or external options be on the table for both respectively? We then dive into the latest round of preseason overreactions amongst the fanbase. Just one season removed from being on the opposite end of the hopium spectrum...

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 to make of preseason struggles by Steelers tackle Broderick Jones. Alan gives his perspective on how why Jones has been struggling through two preseason games, and doesn't even...

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Alan Saunders, Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss who and what Derrick is looking for when the Steelers take on the Buffalo Bills in their second preseason game. What do we want to see from Russell Wilson in his first game as a Steeler? Will Broderick Jones bounce back after a rough preseason opener? How will Zach Frazier look in 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 what the Steelers have planned for suspended cornerback Cam Sutton. Alan gives his perspective on how the Steelers have been using Sutton this preseason, why the team signed him kno...