Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

September 30, 2026 - For Episode 2,036 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the noticeable improvements made by Steelers DL Derrick Harmon. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 30, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 29 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers' Tuesday injury report ahead of the team's Week 4 Thursday night road game against the Cleveland Browns. We go over how all eyes will be on CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) and CB Brandin Echols (concussion). We also discuss whether this will be the game that CB Joey Porter Jr. finally makes his debut in. On the heels of us finally getting through the all-22 tape from the Steelers' Week 3 home win against the Cincinnati Bengals, Alex and I give our thoughts on what we observed from the offense, defense, and special teams units. We move on and go over what Steelers HC Mike McCarthy had to say this past week during his two press conferences. We also discuss what kind of workload we should expect from RB Jaylen Warren on Thursday night following his great Week 3 game and with this being a short week. Will or should the Steelers make DT Derrick Harmon a team captain for the Thursday night game versus the Browns? We discuss that question after first talking about how he's played through the first three games of the 2026 regular season. With the Week 4 road game against the Browns coming up on Thursday night, Alex and I are joined by Scott Petrak, who covers Cleveland at Brownszone.com. Scott provides his insight into the 2026 Browns ahead of the game and answers several questions we have about Cleveland's offense and defense. At the end of our interview, Scott provides us with a final score prediction for Thursday's game in Cleveland. If you aren't already doing so, please follow Scott on X at @ScottPetrak and read his online work here as well. Following our interview with Scott, Alex and I provide our own full preview of the Steelers' game against the Browns. We close out that section of the show by giving our final score predictions. This 98-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above, and we end the show by answering several listener emails. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 29, 2026 - For Episode 2,035 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney hopes the Steelers learned that Jaylen Warren has to be the feature back moving forward after his career performance. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 28, 2026 - For Episode 2,034 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle wonders why Max Iheanachor wasn't in from Week 1 after what we saw on Sunday. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 28, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 28 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers' 30-27 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday to move to 2-1 on the season. Alex and I discuss the team's perceived health coming out of its third regular-season game in addition to going over the seven players who were inactive for that contest, one of which was once again CB Joey Porter Jr. The trade chatter surrounding Porter Jr. continued to pick up over the weekend so Alex and I go over the possibility of him being jettisoned to another team before Thursday night. The Steelers made several roster moves on Saturday with one of those being rookie OG Gennings Dunker being placed on the Reserve/Injured list. We also discuss the two elevations from the practice squad the team made on Saturday in addition to RB Travis Homer being signed to the 53-man roster. The Steelers offense really looked great against the Bengals, so we start on that side of the football as part of our game recap. We discuss OG Brock Hoffman and OT Max Iheanachor starting against the Bengals on the right side and how both players performed really well. RB Jaylen Warren had a fantastic game on Sunday as did QB Aaron Rodgers. We discuss the effectiveness of the running game against the Bengals and especially when using 12 personnel. The Steelers schemed up several great plays on Sunday with three of those resulting in touchdowns. As great as the offense played on Sunday, Alex and I discuss a few other plays that could have been made in the win. While the Steelers certainly played well enough defensively on Sunday to win, they still allowed the Bengals' offense to move quite easily throughout the game. Even so, we discuss how the defense got big plays from DT Cameron Heyward and DT Derrick Harmon in the fourth quarter to help secure a key AFC North victory. We talk about several snap counts players on the defense registered on Sunday against the Bengals and how the zone-heavy plan on that side of the football only yielded four explosive plays of 20 yards or longer. The Steelers' special teams play against the Bengals was just good enough on Sunday. Alex and I discuss the good, bad and ugly from Sunday's game when it comes to that phase of the team. Can Steelers now move forward and avoid a letdown Thursday night when they play the Cleveland Browns on the road? We discuss how important it is for such a thing to not happen after such a huge win on Sunday against the Bengals. This 79-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. Thanks to Len Testa at ⁠⁠touringplans.com⁠⁠ for once again being a sponsor of our Monday episodes of the podcast throughout the 2026 season. You can follow their work on X at @touringplans as well. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 27, 2026 - For Episode 2,033 on this Sunday morning, Dr. Melanie Friedlander talks about Mike McCarthy's plan to get the offense back on track and how that could backfire instead of helping the players succeed. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 26, 2026 - For Episode 2,032 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark argues that the Steelers need to move on from Joey Porter Jr. if he doesn't play this week. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 25, 2026 - For Episode 2,031 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff explains why it's starting to feel as if this will be a lost season in the first year under Mike McCarthy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 25, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 27 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Thursday injury report the Pittsburgh Steelers released ahead of the team's week 3 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals. We go over how all eyes will be on WR Michael Pittman Jr. (foot), RB Rico Dowdle (toe), OG Gennings Dunker (knee), and CB Joey Porter Jr. (NIR/conditioning) when it comes to the Friday injury report. Will the Steelers make a few practice squad elevations on Saturday? Will the team have new starters on the right side of their offensive line on Sunday against the Bengals? What will the Week 3 pregame inactive list look like? Alex and I attempt to answer those questions early in this show. Porter Jr. met the media on Thursday, and it marked his first presser since the regular season started. We go over what Porter Jr. did and didn't say on Thursday in addition to talking about him potentially seeing his first game action of the 2026 season on Sunday. With the Week 3 home game against the Bengals coming up on Sunday, Alex and I are joined by Jay Morrison, who covers Cincinnati for Sports Illustrated at BengalsTalk.com. Jay provides his insight on the 2026 Bengals ahead of them facing the Steelers, and he answers several questions we have about Cincinnati's offense and defense. At the end of our interview with Jay, he provides us with a final score prediction for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh. If you are not already doing so, please follow Jay on X at @ByJayMorrison and make sure to read his work on online here as well. Following our interview with Jay, Alex and I provide our own full preview of the Steelers' game against the Bengals. With the rest of Week 3 of the NFL season now close, Alex and I pick all of the remaining games against the spread. We also provide our final score predictions for Steelers-Bengals game. This 95-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 24, 2026 - For Episode 2,030 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney questions Mike McCarthy's comments regarding the O-line, and then his actions in practice ahead of Week 3. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sept. 24 – Ep. 116: For this episode of The Depot Dive, Ross McCorkle and Joe Clark recap the Pittsburgh Steelers' ugly 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots. We discussed the defense's solid showing and the offense's continued futility. How can it improve, and will it? We each weigh in. Next, we discuss the offensive line debacle, including Mike McCarthy's admission that his training camp approach may have hurt the early development. Are the Steelers going to make changes on the right side of the line, and will the "star" players get back on track? For the final topic, we preview the Steelers-Bengals game this weekend. To wrap up the show, we answer a listener questions about Joey Porter Jr. Thank you for joining us for this 48-minute episode, and we hope to see your thoughts in the comment section. Call the hotline at (412) 254-3145 and leave us a question for a chance to have it answered in a future episode. You can also text the line if you don't wish to have your voice on the show! Follow us on Twitter: Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Joe: @jclark1233 Check out our work at Steelersdepot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 23, 2026 - For Episode 2,029 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses two big-picture reasons why the Steelers offense is struggling so much despite Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers reuniting. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 23, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 26 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the several practice squad transactions that the Pittsburgh Steelers have made this week. We also go over a few of the injured players we will have close eyes on this week when it comes to the team's three forthcoming injury reports for Week 3. Former Steelers QB Charlie Batch weighed in on the ongoing situation with CB Joey Porter Jr. doing a Wednesday morning interview, so we make sure to recap and examine his comments on that subject. While HC Mike McCarthy and the team's three coordinators didn't say too much during their respective press conferences, Alex and I go over the most notable quotes from those. We discuss McCarthy's comments he made since the Week 2 loss concerning how he feels he managed the offensive line reps dating back to training camp. Now that we have both fully digested the all-22 tape from the Steelers Week 2 road loss to the New England Patriots, Alex and I go over the good, bad and ugly from the offense, defense and special teams that we observed. This 62-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 22, 2026 - Welcome back to the archive of our Tuesday live stream over on YouTube. If you missed it, Dave and I stream every other Monday from 7-8 PM/ET. We hope you can make the next one. If you missed it live, you can check an archive below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. ⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 22, 2026 - For Episode 2,028 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney praises defensive lineman Derrick Harmon for his performance in New England, one of the few bright spots in an ugly loss. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 21, 2026 - For Episode 2,027 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle wonders if the McCarthy-Rodgers connection is hurting the team more than helping them early on. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 21, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 25 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers losing to the New England Patriots, 20-3, on Sunday. Alex and I discuss the team's perceived health coming out of their second regular-season game in addition to going over the seven players who were inactive for that contest, one of which was once again CB Joey Porter Jr. The Steelers offense really looked pitiful on Sunday against the Patriots, so we start on that side of the football as part of our game recap. We discuss WR DK Metcalf and his drops, the lack of explosive plays on Sunday, and the running game remaining flat overall through two games. Will the Steelers trim down their offensive playbook moving into Week 3? Should there be any personnel changes on the offensive line this coming week? Alex and I attempt to answer those two questions and several more concerning the offense as we move along in this show. The play of rookie WR Germie Bernard was perhaps the most positive thing we saw offensively for the Steelers on Sunday, so we make sure to give him a few props during this show. We also discuss OG Spencer Anderson as perhaps being the weakest link on the Steelers offensive line through the first two games of the 2026 regular season. Alex and I also discuss the lack of mobility that Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is showing and how that certainly isn't helping the offense. While the Steelers defense certainly played well enough on Sunday for the team to win, the unit still allowed six explosive plays to the Patriots. We discuss a few of those big plays allowed on Sunday and a few other key plays made on defense against the Patriots. The Steelers special teams play against the Patriots certainly wasn't why the team lost on Sunday, but that phase of the team certainly didn't do anything to help produce more points on the scoreboard. We go over the good and bad from those units against the Patriots. Once we are done breaking down the Steelers' loss to the Patriots, Alex and I discuss the latest reports concerning Porter. We go over what Tracy Wolfson had to say about Porter ahead of Sunday's game and whether this week will be a watershed moment for the team when it comes to them possibly drawing a line in the sand with him. Would Porter's side have a good grievance case should the Steelers attempt to claim that Porter's conduct is detrimental to the team? Should they just ask Porter on Wednesday if he's going to play in Week 3 and go from there? We attempt to answer those few questions concerning Porter. This 84-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 20, 2026 - For Episode 2,026 on this Sunday morning, Dr. Melanie Friedlander talks about the changes we have already seen in the Steelers defense and why new DC Patrick Graham may be just what Pittsburgh needed. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 19, 2026 - For Episode 2,025 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark explains why he doesn't think the Patriots are as good as they're getting credit for and why he can see the Steelers winning. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 18, 2026 - For Episode 2,024 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff names three players who must have a strong game for the Steelers to beat the Patriots on Sunday. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 18, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 24 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the latest concerning Pittsburgh Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. on the heels of his leaving practice early on Thursday. Did the Steelers make a mistake initially with Porter in placing him on the Active/PUP list? What is Porter's endgame goal now? Is he following the Jalen Ramsey playbook from 2021 at this point? Can the Steelers trade Porter at this point? Should placing Porter on the Reserve/Injured list at this point be considered a legitimate option? Alex and I attempt to answer all of those questions related to Porter and even a few more early on in this show. After fully going over the latest concerning Porter, Alex and I look at the Steelers injury report that was released on Thursday. We discuss the possibility that WR Michael Pittman Jr. could miss the Sunday game against the New England Patriots in addition to talking about whether the team will make any practice squad elevations on Saturday. With the Week 2 road game against the Patriots coming up on Sunday, Alex and I are joined by Greg Bedard, who covers New England for the Boston Sports Journal. Greg provides his insight on the 2026 Patriots ahead of them facing the Steelers on Sunday. He answers several questions we have about the Patriots' offense and defense ahead of the Sunday game. At the end of our interview with Greg, he provides us with a final score prediction for Sunday's game. If you are not already doing so, please follow Greg on X at @GregABedard and make sure to read his work on online here as well. Following our interview with Greg, Alex and I provide our own full preview of the Steelers' Sunday road game against the Patriots. With the rest of Week 2 of the NFL season now close, Alex and I pick all of the remaining games against the spread. We also provide our final score predictions for Steelers-Patriots game. This 111-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 17, 2026 - For Episode 2,023 on this Thursday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the latest ugly turn just taken in the Joey Porter Jr. vs. Steelers saga. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sept. 17 – Ep. 115: For this episode of The Depot Dive, Joe Clark and Ross McCorkle discuss the Steelers' Week 1 win over the Atlanta Falcons. We talk about the defensive brilliance and the offensive sloppiness and one major silver lining for the offense moving forward. Next, we talk about the latest developments with Joey Porter Jr. including a trade request, no contract at the deadline, and a curious change in his injury designation ahead of Week 2. For the last topic, we preview the Steelers' matchup against the New England Patriots. We each give one reason on offense and defense that would lose to a Steelers victory or defeat. To end the show, we answer a listener question about the botched field goal attempt in Week 1. Thank you for joining us for this 42-minute episode, and we hope to see your thoughts in the comment section. Call the hotline at (412) 254-3145 and leave us a question for a chance to have it answered in a future episode. You can also text the line if you don't wish to have your voice on the show! Follow us on Twitter: Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Joe: @jclark1233 Check out our work at Steelersdepot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 16, 2026 - For Episode 2,022 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses why the Steelers Week 1 game was acceptable even if it didn't come with much style. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 16, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 23 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing a few things that Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike McCarthy had to say during his Monday press conference. McCarthy was asked quite a few questions about the status of CB Joey Porter Jr. moving forward so we mostly focus on that part of his Monday press conference. The Steelers brought in two free agent tackles for visits on Tuesday, so we make sure to hit that bit of minor news early in this show. We also discuss what we think the overall health outlook is for the Steelers heading into Week 2. In the middle of this show, Alex and I get into talking about what the all-22 tape from the Steelers Week 1 win against the Atalanta Falcons revealed to both of us. We start on the defensive side of the football with our tape review and discuss the outstanding play of ILB Payton Wilson against the Falcons in addition to several other players on that unit that stuck out in positive ways. The Steelers had three outside linebackers on the field for quite a few plays against the Falcons and because of that, Alex breaks down when they snaps came and likely why we saw those personal groupings as often as we did. After finishing our tape reviews of the defense, Alex and I turn our collective attention to what we saw and learned about the Steelers offense against the Falcons. We focus on the overall play of the offensive line, both in the running game and passing game, and then move on from there. We talk a little about what we saw from Steelers WR Roman Wilson in Week 1 and how QB Aaron Rodgers attempted to push the football down the field against the Falcons on Sunday. Why there were several positives to takeaways from the Steelers offensive performance in Week 1, the advanced analytics in all the main categories still need to get better moving into the team's Week 2 game against the New England Patriots. Alex and I go over a few quick thoughts about the Steelers' special teams play against the Falcons as we begin to wrap up this episode. This 71-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 15, 2026 - For Episode 2,021 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney raves about the performance from Payton Wilson in Week 1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 14, 2026 - For Episode 2,020 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle argues that, even though the offense didn't perform well in Week 1, Aaron Rodgers showed the best-case scenario of things to come. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 14, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 22 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday to open their 2026 regular season. Alex and I discuss the team's perceived health coming out of their first regular season game in addition to going over the six players that were inactive for that contest, one of which was CB Joey Porter Jr. As we get into recapping the Steelers' win over the Falcons, we start by talking quite a bit about the play of the team's defense. We go over the amazing play of OLB T.J. Watt on Sunday in addition to discussing several snap counts on that side of the football. Several defensive players had strong showings against the Falcons on Sunday, so we make sure to note each one. We also discuss how poorly Falcons QB Cooper Rush played on Sunday and how most of Atlanta's success on offense came via RB Bijan Robinson. After thoroughly breaking down several aspects of Pittsburgh's defensive play from Sunday, Alex and I then do the same for the offense. We note how QB Aaron Rodgers pushed the football down the field with more regularity and how a key third down passing play to TE Darnell Washington effectively secured a win. We talk about the running game and how it came alive late in the game. When we're finished talking about several things related to the offense, Alex and I move on to break down Pittsburgh's play on special teams against the Falcons. Once we are done breaking down the Steelers Sunday win against the Falcons, Alex and I discuss the team being unable to sign Porter to a contract extension prior to the game getting underway. We discuss what the immediate future might be when it comes to Porter and that includes us discussing the possibility that he could ultimately wind up being traded by this year's deadline. This 93-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. Thanks to Len Testa at ⁠⁠touringplans.com⁠⁠ for once again being a sponsor of our Monday episodes of the podcast throughout the 2026 season. You can follow their work on X at @touringplans as well. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 13, 2026 - For Episode 2,019 on this Sunday morning, Dr. Melanie Friedlander talks about why Asante Samuel Jr. is the biggest beneficiary of teammate Joey Porter Jr's contract negotiation issues. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 12, 2026 - For Episode 2,018 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark explains why he thinks the Steelers should win handily against the Falcons on Sunday. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 11, 2026 - For Episode 2,017 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff gives three keys the Steelers must follow to leave Acrisure Stadium with a win on Sunday. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 11, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 21 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Thursday injury reports released by the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons ahead of the Sunday game between the two teams. We spend a little time focusing on the status of Falcons QB Tua Tagovailoa heading into Friday as a recent oblique injury seems to have him questionable for Sunday's game. We talk about how backup QB Cooper Rush could wind up starting for the Falcons on Sunday against the Steelers. CB Joey Porter Jr. is the only player listed on the Steelers injury report heading into Friday so Alex and I discuss his ongoing situation whether both of us think he will ultimately sign a contract extension prior to Sunday's game. We also discuss the amount of playing time Porter could end up receiving on Sunday if he does indeed play against the Falcons. In the middle of this Friday show, Alex and I are joined by Daniel Flick, who covers the Falcons for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Daniel provides to us his insight on the 2026 Falcons ahead of them facing the Steelers on Sunday. He answers several questions we have about the Falcons offense and defense ahead of the Sunday game. At the end of our interview with Daniel, he provides us with a final score prediction for Sunday's game. If you are not already doing so, please follow Daniel on X at @ByDanielFlick and make sure to read his work on online here as well. Following our Friday interview with Daniel, Alex and I provide our own separate full preview of the Steelers Sunday home game against the Falcons. With the rest of Week 1 of the NFL season now close, Alex and I pick all of the remaining games against the spread. We also provide our final score predictions for the Sunday game between the Steelers and the Falcons. Later in this show, Alex goes over several questions for us to answer concerning the Steelers ahead of their regular season getting underway on Sunday. This 97-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 10, 2026 - For Episode 2,016 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney doubles down on his belief Ben Skowronek will surprise offensively this season after Mike McCarthy's comments Wednesday. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 9, 2026 - For Episode 2,015 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses his pessimistic view of the Pittsburgh Steelers upcoming season and the obstacles the team faces along the way. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 9, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 20 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers releasing their first depth chart of the 2026 season on Wednesday. We sift through several elements related to that depth chart and how much of it can be taken seriously. The Steelers have reportedly now made a contract offer to CB Joey Porter Jr. as of Tuesday, so Alex and I go over the piece of news. We discuss what common ground the two sides could end up with should an extension ultimately get finalized before Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed QB Baker Mayfield to a contract extension on Tuesday so Alex and I make sure to pass along that news on the heels of there being previous speculation that he could ultimately land in Pittsburgh in 2027. Steelers HC Mike McCarthy, in addition to the team's three coordinators, all spoke to the media on Monday, so Alex and I go over the main talking points that came out of those press conferences. We also go over a few things that QB Aaron Rodgers said in a few recent interviews that surfaced on Tuesday. Ahead of the 2026 NFL season getting underway Wednesday night, Alex and I give our record predictions for several teams as part of us announcing the teams we think will ultimately make the playoffs. Alex and I predict our 2026 Super Bowl champions later in this show as well. With our next scheduled show being on Friday, Alex and I pick the Wednesday and Thursday night NFL games against the spread to start rounding out this episode. This 82-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 8, 2026 - For Episode 2,014 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney feels much more optimistic about a Joey Porter Jr. extension getting done now that the Christian Gonzalez domino has fallen. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 7, 2026 - Welcome back to the archive of our Monday live stream over on YouTube. If you missed it, Dave and I stream every other Monday from 7-8 PM/ET. We hope you can make the next one. If you missed it live, you can check an archive below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 7, 2026 - For Episode 2,013 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle explains why he isn't as worried about the Steelers' run game as some seem to be. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 7, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 19 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the first week of the 2026 NFL regular season now officially underway and how Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike McCarthy will hold his first press conference on Monday afternoon. The Atlanta Falcons have officially announced that Tua Tagovailoa will be the team's starting quarterback for their Week 1 road game against the Steelers and so Alex and I discuss that news. We also discuss the Falcons revealing on Monday morning that Michael Penix Jr. will be inactive for their Week 1 game and thus will not be the backup against Pittsburgh. Will and should Steelers rookie OT Max Iheanachor open the regular season as the team's starting right tackle? Alex and I discuss that forthcoming decision the team will need to make this week. With the start of the Steelers 2026 regular season now less than a week away, Alex and I review our record predictions for the team as part of us revealing the entire staff's predictions as well. Alex and I go over our reasons for having the Steelers not making the playoffs in 2026 as part of us looking at positives and negatives on both sides of the football before the team's first game. We go over the ten things that are on Alex's mind, both positive and negative, when it comes to the Steelers 2026 season outlook. We also go over a few statistical questions that we both answered on the site over the weekend as well. This 95-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. Thanks to Len Testa at ⁠⁠touringplans.com⁠⁠ for once again being a sponsor of our Monday episodes of the podcast throughout the 2026 season. You can follow their work on X at @touringplans as well. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 6, 2026 - For Episode 2,012 on this Sunday afternoon, Melanie Friedlander talks about how the 2026 Steelers defense needs to change and what hopefully remains the same as we look at their identity under a new coaching staff. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 5, 2026 - For Episode 2,011 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark explains why the safety room is his biggest concern on the Steelers' roster. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 4, 2026 - For Episode 2,010 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff names three members of the Steelers practice squad who could make an impact later in the season. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 4, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 18 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the most recent player the Pittsburgh Steelers signed to their practice squad and how the team now has 75 total players under contract heading into the weekend. Alex and I move on to discuss the overall health of the team heading into the weekend and how we are not expecting any transactions to be made until at least Monday. On the heels of Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers talking on Wednesday about WR Roman Wilson and WR Germie Bernard, Alex and I go over what exactly he said and how he said what he said. We discuss the impact both young wide receivers could have on the offense in 2026 and if TE Pat Freiermuth might wind up having an even bigger role in the passing game than most probably expect him to have. Moving forward in this show, Alex and I discuss the several concerns the Steelers have on offense heading into the 2026 season. While the Steelers have yet to sign CB Joey Porter Jr. to a contract extension as of Friday morning, Alex and I still speculate as to whether a deal will get done in the next nine days and what it might look like if it does get ultimately get done. We look at things the Porter side should probably bargain for and things he might need to give up as part of the process. Ideally, the Steelers and Porter will ultimately come to terms as part of a new contract extension that looks good for both sides, and we go over what we mean by that. We also look at whether the Steelers would have any issues accommodating Porter on a franchise tag next offseason, should that end up being the path both sides take. The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced changes to their selection process on Friday morning, so Alex and I go over what those are and our initial interpretations of them later in this show. This 92-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 3, 2026 - For Episode 2,009 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney understands the concerns with throwing rookie Max Iheanachor into the fire right away, but it's not as if the Steelers have a better option at RT. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sept. 3 – Ep. 114: For this episode of The Depot Dive, Joe Clark and Ross McCorkle discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers' initial 53-man roster including a few surprises like Kevin Jobity Jr. making it, DeShon Elliott on IR, and all 10 rookie draft picks surviving the cut. Next, we talk about Joey Porter Jr.'s return to practice and some of the comments he made leaving open the possibility of an in-season holdout. We discuss why that outcome is highly unlikely and more. For the last topic, we give some of our 2026 season predictions for the Steelers including their final record, playoff success, individual player stats, and more. To end the show, we answer a listener question about the practice squad. Thank you for joining us for this 40-minute episode, and we hope to see your thoughts in the comment section. Call the hotline at (412) 254-3145 and leave us a question for a chance to have it answered in a future episode. You can also text the line if you don't wish to have your voice on the show! Follow us on Twitter: Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Joe: @jclark1233 Check out our work at Steelersdepot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 2, 2026 - For Episode 2,008 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the end of the Pro Bowl and why the accolade will actually mean more now that the event is shuttered. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 2, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 17 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers initial signings of practice squad players and how one new outsider makes for an intriguing addition. Alex and I also discuss the Steelers initial 53-man roster remaining the same as we head into Wednesday. CB Joey Porter Jr. met the media on Tuesday and that was his first such session in quite a while. We go over several quotes from Porter and then take another deep dive into his contract extension situation. Alex and I discuss how Porter is really in between a rock and a hard place right now. We also discuss the few options he has moving forward until the regular season gets underway. The Steelers have a long-standing rule of not negotiating contracts once a regular season gets underway. With that being a known fact, Alex and I go over when that rule was put into place and why. We also discuss whether it is indeed archaic and not a benefit to the team in today's NFL landscape. Alex and I discuss the given reasons for ILB Elandon Roberts being cut on Sunday and how the team supposedly has not completely shut the door of him being a Steeler again at some point. We also discuss S DeShon Elliott starting the regular season on the Reserve/Injured list and the reason that GM Omar Khan gave on Monday for that move. Later in this show, Alex and I discuss a few other things that Khan and HC Mike McCarthy have said over the course of the last few days. This 81-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 1, 2026 - For Episode 2,007 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney is excited by Eli Heidenreich making the 53-man roster, but also has questions about his role entering Week 1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 31, 2026 - For Episode 2,006 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle explains why Kevin Jobity Jr. was one of the biggest surprises of the Steelers' initial 53-man roster. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 31, 2026 - Season 17, Episode 16 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers establishing their initial 53-man roster for the 2026 season on Sunday. Alex and I make sure to discuss the surprising release of ILB Elandon Roberts on Sunday in addition to the Steelers trading OT Broderick Jones and RB Kaleb Johnson. We also go over the removal of CB Joey Porter Jr. from the Active/PUP list on Sunday as well as the team placing S DeShon Elliott and OL Jack Driscoll on the Reserve/Injured list as designated to return players. Rookie undrafted free agent DL Kevin Jobity Jr. made the initial 53-man roster on Sunday, so Alex and I discuss that accomplishment and it being a bit of a surprise. We also discuss whether Jobity might wind up on the practice squad by Week 1 should the Steelers not need to move DL Sebastian Joseph-Day to the Reserve/Injured list. The Steelers ultimately kept all four quarterbacks on their initial 53-man roster, so we discuss that in addition to three other NFL teams keeping four quarterbacks as well. Will the Steelers add a veteran safety to their 53-man roster in the coming days? What about another tackle? Alex and I address those two questions during this show. The Steelers will now start the process of putting their initial practice squad together, so Alex and I discuss a few players that figure to land on that part of the team that were jettisoned on Sunday. This 72-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 30, 2026 - For Episode 2,005 on this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander shares her thoughts on the Joey Porter Jr contract standoff and why she thinks things are headed in the right direction. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices