Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what the goal of the 2026 NFL Draft should be. Is it just about maxing out what they can from their draft capital to QB proof this team or should they be thinking about the 2027 Draft and how they can build up capital necessary to move up for their next QB? We also discuss how exiting players vie...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go through dueling mock drafts to see who can come away with a better draft haul both for the 2026 season and building up future draft capital. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! 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 how we think artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other technologies will change the NFL, something that was one of the topics of the 2026 NFL owners meetings in Phoenix thi...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the Steelers missed out on Kirk Cousins with him now a member of the LV Raiders. Could he have been in play in Aaron Rodgers doesn't return? We also discuss Kyle Dugger going to the Bengals and if the team should've been interested in keeping him around. We also discuss the league's scheduling...

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 signing of veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins by the Las Vegas Raiders. Cousins was widely speculated to be a potential Plan B option for the Steelers if Aaron Rodgers decides to...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we wrap-up the conversation from the annual league meetings. What did Alan learn from Art Rooney II's availability? The playing surface isn't the only thing undergoing change at Acrisure Stadium, as new seats are being added as well to break up the color. Should Kenyon Sadiq be on our minds should he slide...

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, Max Starks joins the show to talk about his first impressions of the moves that new head coach Mike McCarthyhave made this offseason, and what he thinks is left for the Steelers to do in...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if Kaleb Johnson has a chance to succeed with this coaching staff, Mike McCarthy's view on position versatility, the team bringing in Memphis OT Travis Burke for a pre-draft visit, Jermod McCoy lighting up his pro day and if we missed the vision being built by the team with who was brought in thi...

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 Will Howard, who head coach Mike McCarthy once again gave a full-throated endorsement for potentially being his team's future franchise quarterback. But how does that jive with the...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what Alan took away from Mike McCarthy's media availability at the league meetings. He talked about Aaron Rodgers, Will Howard, what he looks for in QB prospects, Roman Wilson, the type of WR the team is still looking for and the Guard position still being a place he'd like to add to. What do 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 the ongoing CBA fight between the NFL and the NFL Referee's Association, which could lead to the league using replacement officials in games for the first time since 2012. The leagu...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if we believe money is a potential factor in bringing Aaron Rodgers back. This $30M number seems to have been floated out there, so we discussed if there's any reason to believe that to be true. We then dive into questions in regard to QB reads and progressions, if Will Howard would prevent a dra...

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 one of the all-time great NFL draft debates: how to balance team needs vs. the best player available. No team drafts purely BPA, but the math is definitely different for teams that...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss his latest mock draft over at the site. How did he arrive at each pick and how did he go about the process. Did he weigh in right now needs and what is needed for the future? How do we feel about the outcome? We then discuss Pitt's pro day and what Alan made of it. Could any 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 the 2026 NFL Draft class, and how general manager Omar Khan should best go about addressing his team's obvious need at the wide receiver position. There's no question that the Steel...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what Alan took away from Ohio State's pro day, where Omar Khan nor Mike McCarthy were in attendance. Do the Steelers have a chance to land any of their high-end talent? Are we not spending enough time talking about the team adding another tight end? Is the Ty Simpson media smoke legit? What do 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 a follow-up to Tuesday's episode, where we talked about the top of the 2026 NFL Draft class, which is littered players from positions that don't necessarily have a value that has be...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the teams' pre-draft interest. The schedule has been light in regard to pro day outings as well as bringing prospects in for pre-draft visits. Is this something that should raise our eyebrows? We also discuss upcoming rule changes on the table at owners' meetings, Omar going to th...

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 top of the 2026 NFL Draft class, which is littered players from positions that don't necessarily have a value that has been traditionally associated with high draft picks since...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we reset the teams' needs leading up to the NFL Draft following what they accomplished in free agency. Having added Brock Hoffman and Travis Homer since the last episode, do these depth signings have a role in boxes they need to check? What archetypes are they looking for at positions where they still do ha...

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 addition of veteran running back and special teamer Travis Homer, which might be bad news for 2025 third-round draft pick Kaleb Johnson. Johnson already appeared to be the third...

Brendan Howe and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if we think a massive philosophical change could be coming under Mike McCarthy, if free agency afforded the team the opportunity to trade up in the draft, if the team is missing a certain archetype within the DB room still and the team bringing back offensive lineman Ryan McCollum. Let's go for an...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if we think the team is done in free agency. How much cap space does the team have and what is the amount of space they functionally have before they would need to do any restructuring of contracts? Is Roman Wilson's time with the Steelers coming to an end? What about Kaleb Johnson? Is it better...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the Steelers hitting the pro day circuit with the first stop for Alan at Happy Valley for Penn State's pro day. That said, the first stop for the Steelers top brass was at Georgia. What do we make of this? Should we read into the representation or lack of? What impressed Alan about what he saw on...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Joel A. Erickson of the Indy Star joins to discuss what the Steelers are getting in WR Michael Pittman. What will he add on and off the field and what are the lasting memories he will leave in Indianapolis? We then discuss Denzel Boston not running at the Washington Pro Day and KC Concepcion having a knee s...