Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

May 19, 2024 - For Episode 1,172 on this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander discusses why the 2024 schedule may be just as hard on fans as it appears to be for the Steelers. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 18, 2024 - For Episode 1,171 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark discusses why Cameron Heyward skipping OTAs isn't a big deal and why he believes the team will work out an extension with him this offseason. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 2024 - For Episode 1,170 on this Friday afternoon, Alex Kozora reacts to the Pittsburgh Steelers 2024 schedule. While it looks tough on paper, there's reason to believe it won't be this tough once the games actually are played. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 2024 - Season 14, Episode 133 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday episode, Alex Kozora, Joe Clark, and Ross McCorkle get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers' official 2024 schedule with the release coming on Wednesday evening. We go game by game through the first 10 matchups before talking about the tough back half of the schedule from a high level overview. We discuss some of the matchups we look forward to seeing on each team, reasons to be optimistic or worried about each game and how the first half of the schedule is no cakewalk, either. We wrap up the schedule talk by offering up each of our favorite and least favorite parts of the 2024 schedule and by discussing the six division matchups over the final eight weeks of the season. Later in this show, we talk about Cameron Heyward sitting out voluntary OTAs and the possibility of a contract extension. We weigh in on whether or not we want to see an extension, what the alternatives might be, and whether or not Heyward can remain effective as a player for two or three more seasons. Some other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 95-minute episode. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16, 2024 - For Episode 1,169 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney says that there is no real way to be optimistic about the brutal late-season stretch of games for the Steelers. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Depot Dive, Ross McCorkle and Joe Clark lead off the show with a discussion about several aspects of the Steelers' 2024 schedule, which was officially revealed on Wednesday evening. This conversation included the oddities of having all divisional matchups over the final eight weeks, a pair of short weeks preceded by Ravens rivalry games, and much more. They also briefly discuss some oddsmakers predictions with the opening betting spreads now posted, and the Steelers being favored in just six games. They next move on to Cam Heyward reportedly missing voluntary workouts and requesting a contract extension. What would an extension look like? Will it be a distraction to the team? Are they in favor of an extension overall? They answer these questions and more on the topic. Finally, they discuss some ESPN projections posted by Mike Clay this past week in which the Steelers kind of remain the same team year over year with a good defense and a bad offense. They talk about some of the individual projections as well as some unit-wide projections and share their opinions on the model overall. The show is wrapped up by a listener question asking for our record prediction for the 2024 Steelers. Thank you for joining us for this 28-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 future episode. Follow our work at www.steelersdepot.com Follow us on Twitter: Joe: @jclark1233 Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 2024 - For Episode 1,168 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora voices his displeasure with the NFLPA Rookie Premiere taking place this weekend, freezing out offensive linemen from attending the event. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 2024 - Season 14, Episode 132 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about some of the supposed 2024 schedule leaks for the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the official version dropping on Wednesday night. If you believe the early leaks, which is dangerous to do, the Steelers will open on the road against the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos and that sets up great early-season storylines if those two games hold true. The Steelers will also supposedly play the Kansas City Chiefs at home on Christmas and that game will presumably be streamed on Netflix to out of market viewers. Throughout the show, supposed leaks come in concerning all of the Steelers 2024 road games so we go over those as they hit Twitter/X. We also go over what the early leaks show when it comes to the supposed 2024 bye week possibilities for the Steelers. Later in this show, Alex and I revisit the offseason situation the Steelers have with RB Najee Harris when it comes to him possibly receiving a contract extension before Week One on the heels of the team declining to pick up his fifth-year option for 2025. We revisit this topic to discuss if some sort of precedent might be involved should the team ultimately decide to sign Harris to an extension this offseason. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 59-minute episode and we end it all by answering a few emails we have received from listeners. We also discuss what to look forward to when it comes to the Friday show. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 14, 2024 - For Episode 1,167 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney says that after reportedly kicking the tires on Bud Dupree, the Steelers should just re-sign Markus Golden as OLB4. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2024 - 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

May 13, 2024 - For Episode 1,166 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle discusses the criticism that Justin Fields has received this offseason and why it is unfair to already write him off as an option in Pittsburgh. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2024 - Season 14, Episode 131 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers signing free agent CB Anthony Averett to a one-year contract after he participated in the team's annual rookie minicamp over the weekend on a tryout basis. With the Steelers 2024 rookie minicamp now in the books, Alex and I give our biggest takeaways to come out over the weekend. We focus mainly on the sides two of the team's draft picks played on the offensive line and what we hope that ultimately transpires into. The Steelers signed five of their seven 2024 draft picks over the weekend so Alex and I discuss that news and why there might be a little holdup in getting OT Troy Fautanu and OC Zach Frazier signed to their rookie contracts. Veteran OLB Bud Dupree won't be back in Pittsburgh this season, so we go over that news of him signing elsewhere over the weekend. The 2024 NFL schedule will officially be released on Wednesday, so Alex and I discuss the few games that have been announced so far. We also attempt to whittle down who the Steelers first game of the 2024 NFL regular season will be. Alex wrote one Monday morning about one main concern he has for each member of the Steelers 2024 draft class, so we recap that post later in this show. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 71-minute episode and we end it all by answering a few emails we have received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 12, 2024 - For Episode 1,165 on this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander makes somewhat early predictions as to whether all of the players of the 2024 Steelers rookie class contribute this season. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 11, 2024 - For Episode 1,164 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark discusses the chemistry developing between Troy Fautanu, Zach Frazier and Mason McCormick and how it should benefit the Steelers in the short and long term. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 10, 2024 - For Episode 1,163 on this Friday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the problem with the team signing wide receiver Scotty Miller while wondering what the team's plan is for the position moving forward this offseason. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 10. 2024 - Season 14, Episode 130 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers signing free agent WR Scotty Miller to a one-year contract since our last show. We discuss what Miller brings to the team, the state of the wide receiver room right now and much more concerning that position group. The Steelers 2024 rookie minicamp gets underway on Friday, so Alex and I go over the roster that was released and several other preview items ahead of the annual event in Pittsburgh. Steelers RB Najee Harris was back in the news on Thursday, and we tell you why. We discuss how we both think it's crazy to believe the report that Harris would have asked the Steelers to not pick up his fifth-year option this offseason. Might former Steelers OLB Bud Dupree be brought back in the coming days, weeks, or months? We attempt to answer those questions on the heels of a Thursday report concerning him. Later in this show, Alex and I are joined by Gregg Bell, who covers the Seattle Seahawks for The News Tribune, and Chris Tomasson, who covers the Denver Broncos for the Denver Gazette. We ask Bell about the possibility of the Steelers acquiring Seahawks WR DK Metcalf via a trade after June 1. We also get his thoughts on new Steelers QB Russell Wilson, who obviously played several years for the Seahawks after starting his NFL career in Seattle. As for our interview with Tomasson, we get his thoughts on if he thinks the Broncos might be looking to trade WR Courtland Sutton at any point during the offseason. We also get his thoughts on Wilson landing with the Steelers after playing the last two seasons with the Broncos in Denver. As always, we ask that you follow Bell and Tomasson on Twitter/X at @gbellseattle and @christomasson, respectively. You can read the work of these two beat writers at https://www.thenewstribune.com/profile/218712645 and https://gazette.com/users/profile/chris%20tomasson/, respectively as well. Alex and I then quickly recap what Bell and Tomasson told us on Friday. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 93-minute episode and we end it all by answering several emails we have received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 2024 - For Episode 1,162 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney says that putting the Steelers in the conversation of needing a QB in 2025 NFL Draft before they've even played a game in 2024 is unfair to all parties involved. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 2024 - On this episode of The Depot Dive, Ross McCorkle and Joe Clark kick things off by talking about the addition of WR Scotty Miller to the roster -- not exactly the "significant playmaker" that fans have been on the lookout for over the last couple weeks. They discuss the quantity over quality approach to the current WR room, and the possibility of continuing to add to that room later in the offseason. They then talk about the need at cornerback and some buzz around a reunion with Cam Sutton, and whether or not they see such a move happening given the legal issues he is facing. For the next topic, they discuss Najee Harris' fifth-year option decision and some of the factors that may have led to the Steelers declining it. Was it a good decision, or could it come back to bite the team later? They also talk about some comments by Kevin Colbert on Cameron Heyward's Not Just Football podcast where he discusses trying not to reach for players in the draft, and discuss some of his last several drafts when he was the GM where he was perceived as having reached on a few occasions. The show is wrapped up by Joe's take on the Austin Rivers NFL vs NBA debate, including some comments made by Heyward with his take on the matter. Thank you for joining us for this 28-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 future episode. Follow our work at www.steelersdepot.com Follow us on Twitter: Joe: @jclark1233 Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 8, 2024 - For Episode 1,161 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the most intriguing potential Week 1 matchups for the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 2024 NFL schedule expected to be released soon. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 8, 2024 - Season 14, Episode 129 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the ever-dwindling list of free agent wide receivers now available on the heels of recent signings around the NFL. We then look at the state of the wide receiver depth chart that the Pittsburgh Steelers currently have and debate if that group is still one significant player short. Are the Steelers still attempting to maybe trade for a wide receiver? If they are, who would their trade targets be and why? We get into that discussion in the middle of this show. There are a few more Steelers rookie minicamp invites to discuss in this show, so we do just that. Additionally, we discuss the official jersey numbers that have been announced for the members of the 2024 draft class. Alex and I briefly discuss what he saw on tape when it comes to the Steelers fourth round draft pick this year, OG Mason McCormick. We also talk a little bit about another one of the team's seven draft picks this year, ILB Payton Wilson. Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown had some things to say concerning his old team during a recent interview with Jason Whitlock on his show, so we quickly recap those talking points. I update the cash spending of the Steelers now that the draft is over with. We discuss where more cash might be spent moving forwards into the offseason. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 87-minute episode and we end it all by answering several emails we have received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices