Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, James Crepea of TheOregonian.com joins the show to give us the inside scoop on Steelers' first-round pick Derrick Harmon. What made him so attractive to the Steelers and what are they getting in the player & person? Is there something about a change that took place on the defensive side of the ball for Oregon that has caused them to produce more NFL talent as of late? We then discuss what would prevent Will Howard from being a top 12 QB and dive more into the Jack Sawyer selection. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 whether the Steelers should start rookie quarterback Will Howard in the 2025 season. There is obviously a chance that Howard, the team's sixth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft out of Ohio State, wins the job outright. Mason Rudolph should not provide overwhelming competition and Aaron Rodgers still remains a free agent months into the offseason. But what about if Howard doesn't win the job? Should the Steelers put their finger on the scale to play Howard, just so that they can see him before they have to make a decision about whether or not to draft a quarterback -- and how highly -- in the 2026 NFL Draft? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Spencer Holbrook of LettermenRow.com joins us to give us the inside scoop on the players and people the Steelers are getting in QB Will Howard and EDGE Jack Sawyer. How does Spencer see them fitting in, if they can carve out legit careers for themselves in Pittsburgh and much more. We then discuss George Pickens' contract and what positions the team still needs to address following the draft and signing of Robert Woods. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 whether the Steelers will be willing to sign a second wide receiver to a long-term contract extension after already agreeing to a deal with DK Metcalf, and what a new contract with George Pickens might look like. The Steelers have not signed multiple wide receivers to big-time contracts in their recent past, but that also came while the team was paying big money to Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback. The doesn't mean they won't pay two receivers while they're not paying a big-time quarterback. Part of the money that quarterback is earning is the assumption that he won't need high-priced receivers to succeed. Will the Steelers want to extend Pickens? It doesn't seem that they're charging into the offseason with that as the plan. After around $300,000 in fines over the last two seasons, the Steelers would probably like to see an increased level of maturity from Pickens before committing to a long-term deal. If they do decide to sign Pickens, how much will he cost? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Tom Kakert of HawkeyeReport.com joins to discuss the fits of Kaleb Johnon, Yahya Black, Sebastian Castro and even second-year player Logan Lee. How does Tom see them carving out roles at the next level and what kind of players and characters are the Steelers getting? We then discuss how the comp formula is still in flux and if anything from the 2025 Draft taught us anything about the 2026 NFL Draft plans. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 some process-related questions about the end of the 2025 NFL Draft. Our first question is whether players that were under-drafted compared to their expectations like Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers can change their minds and go back to school? Also, how does the signing process work for undrafted rookies, or UDFAs? And what's the difference between when a player is released and when a player is waived? Alan breaks it down.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team moving on from DL Montravius Adams, S Ryan Watts being forced to medically retire from the game after a neck injury and then dive into grading the draft class. Where did the Steelers find surplus value? Did we feel like they maximized all of their picks? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Derrick Bell joins to discuss the team's selection of Oregon DT Derrick Harmon, the fit and how much he might play in year one. We also discuss the board of players still available and who might still be there at pick 83. RB? EDGE? QB? WR? S? There's a bunch of directions the team could go! Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 general manager Omar Khan staying the course with his big-picture rebuild of the team at the expense of drafting a quarterback like Shedeur Sanders in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we answer your last-minute NFL Draft questions. Is a George Pickens trade on the table? How likely is a trade back? Why do teams have vastly different draft boards? If there's a run on DT and they don't feel strongly about QB, what position is the next likeliest? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss last minute news just over 24 hours out from the NFL Draft. Could George Pickens be on his way out? Jordan Schultz says the team has taken and made calls regarding his availability. What do we make of Derrick Harmon's medical red flags popping up? Will that scare the Steelers off? What could it look like for Mason Rudolph and the Steelers if he has a monster season? Why don't the Steelers invest more in the nickel corner position? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 Omar Khan and the rest of the NFL general managers are preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft. The Steelers and other NFL teams don't use mock drafts in the traditional sense, and they build their own board when it comes to which players they want to draft. The Pittsburgh draft board is run by Andy Weidl, with inputs from all of the team's coaches and scouts, including Khan and Mike Tomlin. That board will determine who the Steelers will draft, based on who is available at the time. But there's another part of the process, that involves how to know whether a team should be trading up or back to get the player they really want, and that's a newer innovation as part of Khan's ascension to the general manager role. Alan breaks it down. # 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 Omar Khan and the rest of the NFL general managers are preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft. The Steelers and other NFL teams don't use mock drafts in the traditional sense, and they build their own board when it comes to which players they want to draft. The Pittsburgh draft board is run by Andy Weidl, with inputs from all of the team's coaches and scouts, including Khan and Mike Tomlin. That board will determine who the Steelers will draft, based on who is available at the time. But there's another part of the process, that involves how to know whether a team should be trading up or back to get the player they really want, and that's a newer innovation as part of Khan's ascension to the general manager role. Alan breaks it down. # Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin's pre-draft availability. They touched on the QB class, were asked specifically about Shedeur Sanders, the idea of moving on from George Pickens, the type of player they are looking for along the defensive line, Aaron Rodgers and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 whether or not the Steelers would be a good destination for a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. On Monday, ESPN's Mike Greenberg broke down how not being taken early in the draft is not necessarily a death sentence for a first-round quarterback. Greenberg pointed out that the second player taken has been better in each of the last two classes, and most of the top quarterbacks in the league were not the first player taken. Unsaid is the idea that those players had more success because the teams that draft at the top often do because of their own incompetence. But are the Steelers a better team to develop a quarterback?. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Adam Schefter's latest Draft into. Could Shedeur Sanders really fall into the Steelers' lap at pick 21? Would they pull the trigger if he did. Is George Pickens a name to watch on the trade block during the NFL Draft? Is the team still keeping an eye on Kirk Cousins? Who is a prospect that we haven't talked about that could make sense for the team to draft? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 idea that the Steelers have changed course when it comes to selecting a quarterback early in the 2025 NFL Draft. At the end of the 2024 NFL Draft cycle, the two positions that the Steelers needed to address but didn't have the capital to do so were wide receiver and defensive tackle. The Steelers immediately turned to the trade market to address the acute need at wide receiver, first targeting Brandon Aiyuk before eventually landing DK Metcalf earlier this offseason. The need at defensive tackle was more big picture, so the assumption was that they'd wait until the 2025 NFL Draft, a class that looked deep at the position. When the Steelers top brass spent the 2025 Senior Bowl obsessing over that position, it seemed likely that was the way they'd lean in this year's draft. But things have changed. The Steelers were unable to work out a deal with either of their incumbent quarterback options, and haven't been able to land Aaron Rodgers, either, leaving their depth chart relatively barren late into April. There's also some shifting winds about who might be available to them at quarterback, with the chance of Shedeur Sanders falling to No. 21 overall now becoming likely enough that the team is taking it seriously. Alan #steelers #herewego #nfl CONNECT WITH STEELERS NOW: Steelers Now: https://steelersnow.com SN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pghsteelersnow SN on FB: https://facebook.com/steelersnow SN on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/pghsteelersnow/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Jaxson Dart backing out from attending the 2025 NFL Draft, how to find the best value in this year's draft class, if the team would draft Shedeur Sanders if he fell to pick 21 and if Will Howard is still an ascending player. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 idea that the Steelers are waiting to resolve things with free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers before they negotiate a contract extension for star outside linebacker T.J. Watt. Watt brought the topic of his contract extension into the forefront with his curious social media post, but in reality, the Steelers do not generally talk contact extensions with current players until later in the summer. They deal with trying to re-sign players before they hit free agency, then talk to free agents, then deal with the draft, wrap up second-wave free agency in May, and then deal with their own players in the summer. That's the way they've always done business, and while part of the idea behind Watt's post might have been to develop a sense of urgency with his process, the Steelers not wanting to talk turkey with their defensive star doesn't have anything to do with Rodgers. The Steelers have plenty plenty of salary cap space available to sign Rodgers right now -- well over $30 million -- and they can painlessly make plenty of more with a couple of restructures. That's more than enough money to sign Rodgers now. A new deal with Watt is likely to reduce his 2025 salary cap hit, and could reduce it substantially, so the cap is not at all standing in the way of the Steelers doing business with both Rodgers and Watt. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Ed Thompson joins us to discuss his photos of Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh being shared on the Pat McAfee show and other places following the QB confirming it was him. We discuss what Aaron had to say in his first appearance of the off-season, if we buy what he's selling and if we are any closer or farther away from finding out what the ultimate outcome will be. We also answer some NFL Draft questions such as where the value can be found at certain positions and why the Steelers can't compound their QB issues any further. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 reporting surrounding the pre-draft meeting between the top Pittsburgh brass and Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Shedeur Sanders. Sanders came to Pittsburgh for a pre-draft visit late in the process, and the reporting surround that visit has been strange, with some breathlessly discussing the length of the visit (five hours is perfectly average) and others baselessly claiming it didn't go well. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we go back and forth pick by pick and see which one of us can land the Steelers a better haul from the 2025 NFL Draft. Will we trade up? Trade back? What boxes will we be able to check? Is acquiring more draft capital the priority? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 pending contract extension for star outside linebacker T.J. Watt. Watt will almost certainly get a contract extension in the range of the four-year, $160 million contract the Cleveland Browns gave Myles Garrett earlier this offseason. While that seems like a lot, it's actually a smaller percentage of the salary cap than the deal Nick Bosa signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2023 and represents a bargain for his production. What about a trade? Is it possible to get the kind of value a team would need to trade a player of the caliber of Watt? Alan breaks it down. #steelers #herewego #nfl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss if the picture is becoming any clearer about the direction the Steelers will go in Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft as the pre-draft visits wrapped up. Is QB, WR, S or RB as much or even more likely than DT based off the information we have? Did they pivot during the process? If they do land a QB this year, how much does that change the 2026 approach? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 names for the positions that defensive linemen line up in. The Steelers traditionally play in a 3-4 defense, which uses a nose tackle and two defensive ends. Some teams use a 4-3, with two defensive ends and two defensive tackles. But those defensive ends are not the same. In the Steelers' base defense, the ends play directly over or just inside the tackle, while ends in a 4-3 play well outside, sometimes even outside the tight ends. That makes 4-3 defensive ends more similar to Pittsburgh outside linebackers. Instead of vague descriptions like end and tackle, NFL teams have a system to break down each possible defensive line alignment, starting with a zero technique, which is a true nose tackle over the center, and moving outward from there. So when the Steelers are looking at defensive lineman, what do we mean when we saw three-technique or five-technique? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the idea of the Steelers potentially not being all that interested in either Kenneth Grant or Walter Nolen. It's been an interesting process for the team leading up to the NFL Draft when you look at who has visited and who hasn't. We discuss the fits of the top group of DTs and how they are ranked for us. Is this a year where it could be easier to trade up? What can Pittsburgh offer to the NFL Draft experience that will be unique to Pittsburgh? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 whether the team can or will put all of its eggs in the 2026 NFL Draft quarterback basket. The 2026 NFL Draft quarterback class is expected to be a very strong one, led by players like Texas' Arch Manning, Penn State's Drew Allar and LSU's Garrett Nussmeier. But as shown over the weekend, what looks like it will happen next year does not always come to pass. Nico Iamaleava was expected to be in that list before he departed Tennessee amid an NIL dispute over the weekend. Will he still be? It's possible but far from certain at this point. Even if the Steelers are able to trade up into the middle of a deep quarterback class, there's no guarantee they'd hit on that pick. Maybe they'd get the next Ben Roethlisberger. Maybe they'd get Phillip Rivers, his less-successful but still-good draft classmate. Maybe they'd get J.P. Losman. That's why the Steelers are still looking hard the 2025 NFL Draft class, because nothing in the future is certain, and even if they don't take a quarterback early in next week's draft, they'll probably take one at some point. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fits of the top DTs in the class including Derrick Harmon, Walter Nolen and Kenneth Grant. Who are our favorite fits at any position at any point in the draft? Are the Saints going to be the team to take Shedeur Sanders with the unsure health of Derek Carr? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 whether the Steelers could or would trade up for a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. We're talked a lot about Steelers general manager Omar Khan hoarding compensatory draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, and with that selection taking place in Pittsburgh, and a strong class of quarterbacks expected, trading up then is a very attractive option for the Steelers. But what about using those comp picks to move up in the 2025 NFL Draft for a player like Shedeur Sanders? While possible, that idea comes with some pitfalls. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the fit of Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders. What does he do well? Where are his deficiencies? Is he the type of QB that you can compete with in a loaded AFC? Is he becoming the team's preference above all else? How important is draft slot and the fifth-year option to teams? How drastic is the drop off in slot money? Should the team consider trades of TJ Watt and Minkah Fitzpatrick? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 idea that the team and T.J. Watt are at some kind of a contract impasse. Watt ramped up speculation that something might be amiss with a cryptic Instagram post on Wednesday. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network said on Thursday that could mean things aren't going well in negotiations between the team and Watt on a long-term contact extension. Watt is entering the final season of his contract, and with Myles Garrett re-setting the edge rusher market at $40 million per year, he is likely due for a significant raise. But general manager Omar Khan said he is hopeful the Steelers will be able to sign Watt to an extension. Could there really be trouble brewing? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing in Oregon DT Derrick Harmon, North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton and Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon for pre-draft visits. What do we make of the players and their perspective fits? We also discuss if we are getting any closer to an Aaron Rodgers decision, if it could happen at Pat McAfee's show and if the team is using a Shedeur Sanders pre-draft visit to put pressure on Rodgers. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 the 2025 NFL Draft quarterback class compares to its predecessor. Last season, an unprecedented six quarterbacks were taken in the first round, with Caleb Williams starting the draft off and Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, J.J. McCarthy, Bo Nix, and Michael Penix all getting their names called before the end of the first round. This time around, Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders are first-round locks, with Jalen Milroe and Jaxson Dart hovering around the periphery. So how does this year's class stack up to last year's? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing in Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders for a pre-draft visit. Could he fall to 21? Are they interested in trading up for a QB? How much would Aaron Rodgers impact or not impact their investment at QB? Between Sanders, Dart and Milroe, do we need to take the interest in QB more seriously than we have been? What do the Steelers still need to address? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 why the Steelers don't play more of their 3-4 base defense. With the team looking all over the board at different types of defensive personnel, including potential first-round draft picks at strong safety and outside linebacker, it's given rise to some question about what Mike Tomlin and company have planned for the Pittsburgh defense. The Steelers haven't played much of their 3-4 base defense in recent years, but one member of the audience wonders if that's because they don't have the proper personnel to do it. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the team bringing in Texas A & M EDGE Shemar Stewart for a 30 visit and what to make of that. Is the team seriously interested in using a first round pick on what looks like one of their deepest position groups right now? We also discuss if bringing Calvin Anderson back is the swing tackle answer, past failures at the QB position, if DeShon Elliott is in his last year with the team and more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 most unbreakable NFL career record. Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin set the NHL career goal-scoring record over the weekend, surpassing the record set a generation ago by Wayne Gretzky, who was on-hand for the moment. Gretzky's record was long considered to be unbreakable in NHL circles. But what would be an unbreakable NFL career record? Unlike other sports, football doesn't care much about stomping all over its record books, expanding the season from 12 games to 14, 16, 17, someday soon 18 and probably eventually 20. So what is an NFL record that looks like it's going to pass the test of time? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derrick Bell and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the team showing interest in early round DBs & WRs. Could this mean anything for the likes of George Pickens, Minkah Fitzpatrick and DeShon Elliott? Who is the QB we think is most likely to become a franchise QB that isn't named Cam Ward? Who are our ideal picks at #21? Who are some WRs to keep an eye on during each day of the draft? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 team's persistent interest in the safety position in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Steelers have shown a surprising interest in safeties in the 2025 NFL Draft cycle, using their combine formal interviews on a couple, sending head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan to the pro days of several more, and even sending defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander to work out potential first-round pick Nick Emmanwori. They did all of that despite a full depth chart at the position for the 2025 season, and All-Pro free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick locked up through the end of 2026. So what gives? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the team bringing Matthew Golden, Azareye'h Thomas, Kaleb Johnson and Gavin Bartholomew in for pre-draft visits. We touch on the team's partnership with Borussia Dortmund and the possibilities that exit there. Should the team have been in on Joe Milton? What do we make of the team's lighter OTA schedule. If the team were to improve in 2025, who and why would that happen? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 mock drafts. NFL fans and media are borderline obsessed with mock draft from every January to April, but do they have any value to actual NFL teams? The Steelers don't make a traditional mock draft like Mel Kiper Jr., but they do work through what they consider to be significant scenarios. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what Alan learned from the NFL Owners Meetings, and we answer questions on the worst-case scenario for the Steelers at 21, if WR is more likely now with Matthe Golden coming in for a Top 30 visit, underrated prospects, a perfect match for the slot and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 changes to the NFL schedule and television landscape that have impacted the team and its fans. The NFL is moving to make more and more of its schedule standalone, opening new windows in recent years early on Sundays with games in Europe, on Black Friday and now on Christmas, where it appears there will be at least an annual doubleheader, and this year, there will be three games. Most of those moves are made with the idea of growing both the domestic and television audiences of the league -- a primary driver of revenue. But they also come at significant inconvenience to Steelers fans. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Art Rooney II showing a ton of confidence in the team's ability to sign Aaron Rodgers. We also touch on if we think Mike Tomlin will have to mediate between he and Arthur Smith, should he sign, how it could impact how they approach QB in the 2025 NFL Draft and more. Is a trade down possible for the Steelers given their lack of draft capital? How do NFL Owners Meetings work? Are deals discussed during this period? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 latest from NFL owners meetings about the NFL rule changes from team president Art Rooney II. The Steelers measure to introduce a phone or video call component to the free agent contact period passed, as did a number of other measures, including kickoff changes to move touchbacks to the 35-yard-line, and more. Meanwhile, measures to strip home playoff games and to reduce the penalties for defensive holding and illegal contact were defeated, and a measure to ban the tush push was tabled. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Aaron Rodgers and DK Metcalf getting together to throw at UCLA, adding fuel to the fire in terms of Rodgers becoming a Pittsburgh Steeler. We then dive into Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin's media availabilities at the NFL Owners meetings. They both addressed the team's need to find a QB, plan of attack in the draft, the future of George Pickens, rule changes that are on the table and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 latest from NFL owners meetings about the latest on the Steelers pursuit of Aaron Rodgers, plus the DK Metcalf trade and what it means for George Pickens. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talked for nearly an hour between his Sunday afternoon briefing with the Pittsburgh media and his Monday morning session with the assembled national horde. Tomlin was asked over a dozen questions about the team's pursuit of Rodgers, his faith in Mason Rudolph and the other quarterback options out there if he says no, including in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Tomlin also talked a lot about the acquisition of DK Metcalf, how he'll fit in the offense, and what that may or may not mean for George Pickens. Alan breaks it down Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin broke down the team's quarterback situation and pursuit of Aaron Rodgers at the 2025 NFL owner's meetings in Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the Ole Miss pro day and where the likes of Jaxson Dart (who is coming for a top 30 visit), Walter Nolen and Trey Amos might fall on the team's draft board. We also discuss the blue-chip talent in the draft class and positional value. We then answer questions about who the most likely QB selection is and if the Steelers' draft process has changed at all under Omar Khan and Andy Weidl. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! 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 continuing indecision from quarterback Aaron Rodgers about his future. Rodgers is basically down to one option: the Steelers. The Minnesota Vikings don't have the opportunity for him to be a full-time starting quarterback without looking over his shoulder at first-round pick J.J. McCarthy. The New York Giants have filled their room by signing Jameis Winston and Russell Wilson. The Cleveland Browns don't have the cap space. But that doesn't mean that Rodgers doesn't have options. He could simply choose to retire. He could also wait until the summer, when someone else will certainly have a quarterback injury and he could take over in that city -- while also getting to skip OTAs and minicamp. So Rodgers is deciding, and the Steelers are waiting. Does it matter? Are the Steelers being harmed in any way by waiting for him to decide? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss Mike Tomlin taking in Note Dame's pro day and who could be of interest to the Steelers within the crop of players. Ben Morrison? Xavier Watts? We also discuss how much interest the Steelers could have in Alabama QB Jalen Milroe and if pick 21 is too rich of an investment. Is there a blueprint for how the Steelers went about stockpiling compensatory picks with the intention to move up for a QB? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices