Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Joey Porter calling out Ben Roethlisberger for being a bad teammate and person and James Harrison for criticizing Mike Tomlin, despite Tomlin being the coach that unlocked Harrison's Hall of Fame potential. What do you make of all of this? We also talk about the idea of the team making all 12 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 plans for the upcoming offseason, specifically when it comes to breaking down the team's offseason needs. Today, Alan tries the opposite: what positions should Mike McCarthy con...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Alan's Super Bowl experience, if the teams that played in it should be what the Steelers are trying to emulate or if they are flashes in the pan and answer questions about trade up scenarios and draft content plans. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more ab...

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 plans for the upcoming offseason, both for the team and for the site, with upcoming dates of the NFL Combine, pro days, NFL Owners' Meetings, the 2026 NFL Draft and more.  Alan...

Brendan Howe and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss how roster construction has flown under the radar due to a coaching change and staff hires. Will Joey Porter Jr. and Nick Herbig receive extensions this summer? Who are some cut candidates? How will the team approach free agency and the NFL Draft? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive 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 defense-dominated Super Bowl LX with the Seattle Seahawks winning with a familiar game plan to Pittsburgh fans: a dominant defense and running game, with a scrap-heap quarterbac...

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we answer questions about who the biggest beneficiaries of the coaching changes are, which WR duos could make the most sense if the team double dips in the NFL Draft, if Aaron Rodgers is really the best option and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about...

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 present and future of international play. The team's trip to Ireland last September was a rousing success, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL will be going b...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Matthew Coller joins to give us the inside scoop on what Brian Angelichio brings to the table as the Steelers offensive coordinator. How much KOC influence will he bring with him? Matthew and Alan then go back and forth about PFF and the good and the bad they offer. We then discuss the latest with the Steel...

From his time as a ballboy in his youth, Dan Rooney has been involved with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the son of president Art Rooney II has taken a bigger role in the team’s off-the-field affairs over the last few years in his role as vice president of business development and strategy. That included the rousing success that was the Steelers’ trip to Dublin, Ireland to play the Minnesota Viking...

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 Saunders takes you behind the scenes of media row at the Moscone Center in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Brian Angelichio officially being named the offensive coordinator and more of the staff coming together. What does he bring to the table that meshes so well with what Mike McCarthy does? What does Joe Whitt Jr. bring to the table as the new DB coach? We also touch on the idea of drafting a WR in...

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, Charlie Batch joins the show, talking about the team's head coach transition from Mike Tomlin to Mike McCarthy, Super Bowl LX and the excitement surrounding the 2026 NFL Draft coming to...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Scott Tolzien returning to the Saints and not becoming the next Steelers Offensive Coordinator. The focus shifts to Brian Angelichio now. What does he bring to the table? Eddie Faulkner will join the Baltimore Ravens as their RB coach. Is this a big deal? We then talk about what Roger Goodell had...

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 Scott Tolzien removing his name for consideration to be the team's next offensive coordinator, and Chase Haslett following suit for a passing game coordinator rule shortly afterward...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team making a bunch of coaching moves official, as well as interviewing Scott Tolzien for their vacant offensive coordinator position, Chase Haslett for the passing game coordinator/TEs coach role and much more. We then discuss what Alan is doing while covering the Super Bowl in California 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 the coaching staff being assembled by new head coach Mike McCarthy, and whether there were lessons learned from the failures under head coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin's coaching staffs s...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss if there is a specific WR that fits this offense more after Mike McCarthy's hiring. We also discuss the idea of adding Ty Simpson, if they could double dip at WR, what Aaron Rodgers coming back would mean, Patrick Graham becoming defensive coordinator and much more. Let's go fo...

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 coaching staff being assembled by new head coach Mike McCarthy. The coaching staff is almost exclusively coaches that have worked with McCarthy before, or have connections to Pi...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Patrick Graham, James Campe and Jason Simmons officially joining the Pittsburgh Steelers' staff. We also discuss the report Ramon Chinyoung is coming in some capacity, the team's interest in Jahri Evans. Scott Tolzien and Brian Angelichio are two names to watch at offensive coordinator, so we wil...

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 Draftclass at the wide receiver position. There are five players that are projected to be first-round picks, and with the quarterback class looking awfully thin, it's v...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike McCarthy's staff starting to take place as he is bringing in Adam Henry to be the new WRs coach and Patrick Graham as the new defensive coordinator. There will also be some retention from Mike Tomlin's staff, as Scott McCurley, Gerald Alexander and Tom Arth will all be retained. The team als...

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 snubbing of legendary New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick from the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Belichick's omission from the class in his first year of e...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what was said during Mike McCarthy's introductory press conference. McCarthy, Omar Khan and Art Rooney II all spoke about how the process went, how the roster will be evaluated, the potential of Aaron Rodgers returning, QB development and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive a...

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Joe Hoyt of DallasNews joins to discuss what Mike McCarthy brings to the table as a person and coach, as he is set to be named the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. Is he the bridge coach needed to find the team their next franchise QB and set them up for life beyond him? We also dig further into the team's h...