Steelers Afternoon Drive

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, we discuss what Mike Tomlin had to say in terms of injury updates to Calvin Austin III, Miles Killebrew and others. He also touched on not being worried about the playing surface at Acrisure Stadium and why we didn't see a ton of Nick Herbig. It was more about what he didn't say though, which was not placing a ton of blame on the play of secondary for Thursday Night's loss to the Bengals. We also touch on if the team needs to make a significant jump to land a QB in the 2026 NFL Draft, how the marriage with Aaron Rodgers is thriving and the amount of touches Jaylen Warren needs to receive. 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 young offensive tackles and how they're performing. Troy Fautanu and Broderick Jones have now played six games together as the team's starting right and left tackles after being first-round picks in consecutive drafts in 2023 and 2024. But the team already has an upcoming decision to make about the future of Jones, who will have his fifth-year option either picked up or declined next offseason. Have they been making the grade so far, how much has the team's heavy package with Darnell Washington and Spencer Anderson helped, and can they succeed without it, especially against a tough task like Micah Parsons, Rashan Gary and the Green Bay Packers? 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 team will adjust their approach to the trade deadline following their loss to the Bengals. Should they still be seeking WR help or shift focus? Will Roman Wilson continue to factor in or will he be relegated with Calvin Austin III getting back into the fold. Is Darius Slay still playable in the defensive system or does Brandin Echols need to take on a larger role? 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 job offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has done with quarterbacks in his tenure with the team. Both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, who were successes as Steelers quarterbacks in 2024, have now been benched by their new teams, with Fields set down by the New York Jets on Sunday despite a $30 million guaranteed contract. Fields had the best season of his career with Smith and the Steelers, turned that into a big payday, and has now seemingly turned back into a pumpkin. Wilson was better in Pittsburgh than he had been with the Denver Broncos, but was worse with the New York Giants before his benching for Jaxson Dart. Aaron Rodgers has also had a career resurgence with Pittsburgh and under Smith. Ryan Tannehill had the best seasons of his 11-year career when Smith was his OC with the Tennessee Titans. Smith has never developed a quarterback from draft pick to successful starter, but should his success with other players at the position give the Steelers faith in his ability to do so in 2026? 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 issues that reared their ugly head in regard to the Steelers secondary can be corrected via scheme or different personnel. What is the path forward? We also discuss the silver lining performance of the offense and if they can sustain what they've done. Is it possible this team makes a trade for a position that isn't WR? 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 the Pittsburgh Steelers' Week 8 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. On today's episode, Breiden Fehoko joins us to discuss his time with the Steelers, what he makes of the early returns from the current group, if it's sustainable, what he is up to now and the college QB that he is willing to plant his flag on. 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 Week 7 game against the Cincinnati Bengals and what it means for the 2025 season. A win over Cincinnati would put the Steelers a massive 3.5 games ahead of the rest of the AFC North. That would be the biggest divisional lead for any team since the final week of the 2019 season, and having such a head start at this point in the season is nearly unprecedented. Not even when the Steelers started 11-0 in 2020 did they have such a clear path to a divisional title. There's no such thing as a must-win game this early in the season -- especially when a team is 4-1 -- but if the Black and Gold want a home playoff game, this is the kind of game they have to win. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Steelers Night Shift! Our new LIVE audience interaction broadcast across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebookhosted by Jobe Morrison! Derrick Bell joins to the Steelers at Bengals on TNF! 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 preview and predict the team's upcoming matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. How will things be dictated on both sides of the ball and what are the keys to victory? 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 big test for third-year cornerback Joey Porter Jr. on Thursday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. Porter will likely be matched up with Tee Higgins, a player that has decimated the Pittsburgh defense in the past. But Higgins is exactly the kind of wide receiver that Porter was drafted to stop, and he at least slowed him down in 2024, but a host of penalty flags also accompanied that performance.  Can Porter stop Higgins, and keep the flags at bay? 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 Artie Smith had to say about usage of his tight ends, what Teryl Austin had to say about the secondary being built for the purpose of matchups against the Cincinatti Bengals, the buy-in the team is getting from the collective, Patrick Queen calling the defense, Kaleb Johnson's development 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 discuss the fallout of the team's victory over the Cleveland Browns, what to make of what Mike Tomlin had to say in regard to Jalen Ramsey and Andrew Berry, if this team still needs a WR and Broderick Jones' comments following his matchup against Myles Garrett. 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 game plan from the team's win over the Cleveland Browns is sustainable for when the AFC playoffs come around. The team sits alone atop the AFC North, and looks primed for a run into the playoffs, and Arthur Smith has done well to maximize the team's talent so far, but given the opportunity, Omar Khan should make a move to add a playmaker. Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pittsburgh Steelers Postgame: Join Alan Saunders and Jobe Morrison from Acrisure Stadium after the Steelers the Browns on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. 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 preview and predict the team's upcoming matchup with the Cleveland Browns and who is in/out for said matchup, as well as discuss if there is anything out there in terms of a WR trade. 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 safety Juan Thornhill is fired up to play the Cleveland Browns. Thornhill said all the right things on Thursday in speaking with reporters, but do we really buy that he isn't fired up to face his former squad? And without Jalen Ramsey, will Thornhill have an increased opportunity to make his mark in the rivalry game? Alan breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers. Today, Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Locked On Steelers podcast fills in for Zach, and he and Alan break down Arthur Smith's comments about the Steelers' offense, particualry the jumbo package, and how sustainable the team's usage of it will be going forward. The guys also talked about whether the team's skill position players will be upset by the lack of targets, whether that should factor into Omar Khan's trade deadline plans, and whether the team can find a more effective downfield passing game.  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 missing piece of the team's passing offense in tight end Jonnu Smith. Smith has been targeted 16 times, but it's all been underneath routes. Those routes have given him an average of 4.5 yards per separation, which is best in the league, but he has a total of just 71 receiving yards. Can he maintain some of that separation on longer routes down the field, giving the Steelers offense a much-needed boost? 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 latest injury updates with Jaylen Warren, Jalen Ramsey, Alex Highsmith, Joey Porter Jr. and Calvin Austin III. What did rookies Derrick Harmon & Yahya Black have to say as they gear up for their AFC North debuts? How different are the Bengals with Joe Flacco?Should the team pursue Allen Lazard or Treylon Burks? Let's go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices