Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what Omar Khan and Mike McCarthy had to say during their pre-draft press conference. What are they thinking as the team is set to host the 2026 NFL Draft, holding 12 selections as we sit here right now? What did they have to say in regard to Aaron Rodgers and the report of a "setback" being suffered by LT Broderick Jones? How much did they enjoy their time with Makai Lemon? Is a trade up worth it in regard to Lemon, Vega Ioane, Jordan Tyson, etc...? 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 the eighth episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Giana Han of the Baltimore Banner to discuss the Ravens and the No. 14 overall pick, who could be lined up to snipe one of the Steelers targets. Alan and Giana break 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 the seventh episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Jake Ellenbogen of the Downtown Ramspodcast to discuss the Los Angeles Rams and the No. 13 overall pick, who could be a possible trade destination for the Steelers. Alan and Jake break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest Steelers news and analysis. Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Alan has a special Sunday episode as he continues previewing the 2026 NFL Draft, this time talking to Armanda Salguero of Outkick.com about the Miami Dolphins and Joe Hoyt of the Dallas News on the Cowboys. 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 the sixth episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Brandon Herriott of the Runnin' Through the Jungle Podcast to discuss the No. 10 overall pick.  NOTE: This episode was recorded before the Bengals traded the pick for New York Giants DT Dexter Lawrence. Alan and Brandon break 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 the fifth episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal, to discuss the No. 6 overall pick, where the the NFL's most unpredictable team, the Cleveland Browns, could shake up the draft order and impact the Steelers. Alan and Patricia break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest Steelers news and analysis. Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Alan has a special Saturday episode as he continues previewing the 2026 NFL Draft, this time talking to JP Finlay of NBC4 and 106.7 The Fan about the Washington Commanders, Matthew Paras of the New Orleans Times-Picayune on the Saints and Braden Holecek of Arrowhead Addict on the Kansas City Chiefs. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Check out the show on our YouTube page, or find it on Megaphone or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 first impressions after hearing Brian Angelichio, Patrick Graham and Danny Crossman speak for the first time since becoming the coordinators of the team. What do we make of what they want the identity to be, the type of players they are looking for and the stamp they are trying to put on the team. What did they have to say in regard to the players currently on the roster? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, it's the fourth episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Patricia Traina of Giants on SI and Locked on Giants, to discuss the No. 5 overall pick, where the New York Giants will make their first pick of the John Harbaugh era, which makes it tough to tell what kind of player they may be targeting, very similarly to our recent discussions about the Steelers. Alan and Patricia break 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, Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Locked on Steelers joins us to talk about the Steelers draft process. Does not bringing in KC Concepcion, Jordan Tyson & Omar Cooper Jr. for 30 visits mean they're off the board? What do we make of how the front office and coaching staff delegated the pre-draft duties? Is this a one-year thing or something we expect to be the norm? Do we think the team is going to hold onto all of their Top 100 picks? 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 the third episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Justin Melo of NFL Draft on SI and Titan Sized, to discuss the No. 4 overall pick, where the Tennessee Titans may very well be drafting a running back in Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love, despite the lack of positional value. Alan and Justin break 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 Drew Allar & Treydan Stukes to wrap up their pre-draft visits. What do we make of these, and have they painted us a clearer picture into what the draft plans may be? We then dive more into the positional value discussion, the idea of trading completely out of round one and how to attack getting the most out of their current 12 draft selections. 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 the second episode of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Donnie Druin of Cardinals on SI, to discuss the No. 3 overall pick, where Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort could be set to create a chain reaction with trades in the first round. Alan and Donnie break 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 Vega Ioane, Will Kacmarek and Beau Stephens in for pre-draft visits on Tuesday. Is Ioane now firmly in play whether he fall or even in a trade up scenario? We then discuss ethics in reporting and how big of a win it is for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to have been purchased. Finally, we answer questions on having 3 QBs with no game experience on the roster in 2027 and much more. 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 the start of our 2026 NFL Draft preview, talking with Steve F of Tape, Talk & Turbines, a New York Jets podcast, to discuss the No. 2 overall picks, which is one of the big inflection points of the entire first round, with a half-dozen potential fits that will impact how everything else falls behind them. Alan and Steve break 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 uniqueness of this draft with the top of the class including a lot of players who play non-premium positions. Could this be something that shifts though if the league continues to trend in the direction that it is with the run game emergence? What do we make of the team bringing in Germie Bernard, Taylen Green and Spencer Fano for pre-draft visits? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan Howe and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss the chances of the team's first-round pick being in Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft, the concept of a TJ Watt trade and the potential fallout and what we think the grace period will be for Mike McCarthy. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! 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 WR tiers as Derrick sees them within this draft class and discuss his big board for the position. What separates the guys at the top and who came out of it with a first round grade? Makai Lemon came in for a pre-draft visit, where does he fall in Derrick's WR hierarchy? What about Omar Cooper, as he continues to gain a bunch of pre-draft buzz? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest Steelers news and analysis. Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Nick Farabaugh is in to replace Smitty, as Nick and Alan talk about the changes to the way the team is preparing for the 2026 NFL Draft, its first under Mike McCarthy. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Check out the show on our YouTube page, or find it on Megaphone or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Steelers having the worst odds amongst themselves, the Pirates and the Penguins to win the league's championship. What do we make of them seemingly being the third fiddle in the hierarchy in that way? We then discuss how much of that is attached to just them not having a franchise QB. We also discuss players receiving their playbooks and building a QB proof roster vs a lesser roster with the franchise QB. 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 the start of phase one of the team's offseason training program at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side, what happens during each phase of the program, and what it means that veterans like T.J. Watt and Cam Heyward were among the first in the building. 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 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 view the team once they move on in our experiences, NFL Draft trades involving players just taken and much more. Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! 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 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 this week. 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 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 changes with a game seemingly set to be played the night before Thanksgiving and giving them the ability to play games on Fridays.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 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 retire. Is Cousins going off the board a big deal for Pittsburgh? 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 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 to pick 21? Is there a player worth trading up for? What's the trade down scenario on our minds? 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, 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 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, 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 this offseason. 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 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 team's continued pursuit of Aaron Rodgersand desire to select a quarterback 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, 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 make of it all? 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 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 league has begun the hiring process for those replacements, ahead of the May 31 expiration of the labor deal, and appears to have dug in on making referees full-time employees, something the league and fans have wanted for years. Where will public sentiment fall on that issue, and is it worth the NFL risking using replacement officials to win? 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 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 draft pick, if the NFL Draft could ever go to a spending pool for draft picks and much more. 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 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 are rebuilding vs. teams that have few and very specific needs entering the draft. How do the best teams manage that balance? 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, 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 the prospects make sense for the Steelers? 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 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 Steelers need more than just DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr. in 2025, but can they afford to wait on wide receiver until later rounds, or has the team's previous success in doing so made that process seem easier than it might really be? 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 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 make of the Darnell Savage situation, now that it seems like he will be joining the team? 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 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 been traditionally associated with high draft picks since the NFL's changes to the rookie pay scale in 2011. So what does that mean when it comes to the Steelers and potentially trading up for players like Caleb Downs, Jeremiyah Love, Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles? 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 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 the Ohio State pro day, Jordan Tyson working out ahead of the NFL Draft and if JJ McCarthy is worth taking a flier on. Finally, does Devon Witherspoon impact Joey Porter Jr.'s contract extension and does Mike McCarthy have a type at QB? 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 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 the NFL's changes to the rookie pay scale in 2011. But that hasn't stopped players like Caleb Downs, Jeremiyah Love, Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles from being some of the most-sought-after prospects in the class. Why is that happening and what does it mean? 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 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 have needs? 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 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 running back in the pecking order, stuffed behind former starter Jaylen Warrenand 1,000-yard acquisition Rico Dowdle, but Homer's special teams prowess will mean that he will likely get a helmet on game days, as well, making Johnson a potential healthy scratch. Could that lead the Steelers to fielding trade calls on Johnson? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! 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 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 to be comfortable with the floor or chase the ceiling in the first round of the NFL Draft? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! 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 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 and off the field from the Penn State products including Vega Ioane, Drew Allar and several others? Is it possible Mike McCarthy and Omar Khan went to Georgia to gather intel in regard to Carson Beck from Kirby Smart? Is it a foregone conclusion that the '27 draft class will be much stronger at QB? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 scope procedure done. Does this impact their ability? Blake Miller at 21? What do we make of Daniel Jeremiah's latest mock for the Steelers? We then revisit the recent Steelers' WR trades, following the Jaylen Waddle trade to Denver. 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 whether the next wide receiver for the Steelers needs to be someone that can play in the slot. New addition Michael Pittman Jr. is capable of playing both inside and outside, so when scouting for the 2026 NFL Draft, should Omar Khan be looking for an outside player to put Pittman inside or a slot man to leave the veteran on the outside? 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 first impressions of Jaquan Brisker and Sebastian Joseph-Day following them signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. We then discuss Christian Kirk no longer being an option after signing with the 49ers. Should the Steelers still be looking at the free agent market or just turn to the draft to find their slot WR option? Could they take advantage if a bunch of teams are looking to move back, but not as many coming up? Former Pittsburgh Steeler (yeah, it happened) Darius Slay announced his retirement. 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. Obviously, the needs for the team in the 2026 NFL Draft have changed quite a bit after one week of free agency, but how have they been shifted after the trade for Michael Pittman Jr. and the signings of Jamel Dean, Rico Dowdle, and others -- and also about the moves the Steelers did not make? 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 first impressions of Jamel Dean, Rico Dowdle and Michael Pittman Jr. following their introductory press conferences. How do we think they're going to fit into this team from a culture perspective and on the field? We also discuss the addition of Jaquan Brisker and how he will fit in, assuming Jalen Ramsey is kept in the fold. Are the Steelers tipping their hand in terms of building an identity with who they're targeting? 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 the end of the 2022 NFL Draft class for the Steelers, the accumulation of failures during the end of the career of former general manager Kevin Colbert, and how dramatically things have changed so far under Omar Khan. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices