Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

Season 9, Episode 46 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Friday show, Alex Kozora and I get right to recapping the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night home blowout of the Carolina Panthers at Heinz Field.Alex and I slowly go through the entire Thursday night game in this show and we take time out to detail several big plays that happened on both side of the football in addition to talking about a few individual performances.We go over how and why the Thursday night game got away from the Panthers and quickly review the play of the Steelers defense over the course of their five-game winning streak.Steelers running back James Conner was apparently the only player to get injured Thursday night as he ended the contest in concussion protocol.With the Steelers now on a mini bye week of sorts, Alex and I discuss if there’s any way whatsoever the Steelers will have a letdown game next Sunday on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars.Later in this Friday episode Alex and I pick the rest of the Week 10 games in the NFL using the lines provided to us by show sponsor mybookie.ag.We close out this episode by talking some about wide receiver Antonio Brown and his Thursday morning speeding ticket and give the latest info on running back Le’Veon Bell with the Tuesday deadline for him to report now just a matter of days away.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 45 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Wednesday show, David Todd and I get right to previewing the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night home game against the Carolina Panthers.David and I spend a lot of time early in this show discussing the season that Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has had to date and how new offensive coordinator Norv Turner has played as big role in that. We discuss a few things that Newton has done so far this season that have stuck out on tape.We go over the Steelers Tuesday injury report and talk a little about what head coach Mike Tomlin had to say on Monday about how the defense might use safeties Terrell Edmunds and Morgan Burnett moving forward into the second half of the regular season.Will the Steelers use a lot of dime package personnel Thursday night? How will inside linebackers Vince Williams and Jon Bostic both be used? We discuss those topics.During the second half of this Wednesday show David and I are joined by Joseph Persons, who covers the Panthers for The Athletic. We gets Joseph's insight on the Panthers ahead of the Thursday night game and get him to predict a winner of the contest at the end of the interview. If you are not already doing so, please follow Joseph on Twitter at @josephperson and read his work online here: https://theathletic.com/carolina/David and I close things out on this Wednesday with our own predictions for the Thursday night game and also discuss the Wednesday report that the Steelers attempted to sign free agent edge-rusher Bruce Irvin recently before he inked with the Atlanta Falcons.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 44 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I get right to looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday road win over the Baltimore Ravens.As usual, we jump all around in this post-game podcast episode as we go over key plays from the Sunday game in addition to talking about the play of the offense and defense. We also discuss several individual performances from the Steelers Sunday win over the Ravens.What’s ahead for the 4-5 Ravens moving forward? We discuss their situation as they head into their bye week. We also talk a little about what all the Cincinnati Bengals face coming out of their Week 9 bye.The Steelers will host the Carolina Panthers Thursday night so with this being a short week, David and I take a tiny look ahead at that matchup. We go over the Steelers injury situation coming out of their Sunday game and discuss a few induvial snap counts from that contest.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 43 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Saturday show, David Todd and I get right to looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers final injury report for the Week 9 Sunday game against the Baltimore Ravens that was released on Friday.That discussion leads to us talking more about the futures of two of the Steelers offensive linemen, guard Ramon Foster and tackle Marcus Gilbert, past this season.The ravens certainly have a banged-up team entering Sunday’s game against the Steelers, so David and I recap their Friday injury report and how it plays in the favor of Pittsburgh.How will the Steelers attack the Ravens offensively and defensively on Sunday? David and I attempt to answer those questions in addition to spending a lot of time reviewing how the Steelers dime package played in the team’s Week 8 home win over the Cleveland Browns.We discuss who might start opposite cornerback Joe Haden on Sunday and if any following around will take place.We discuss a few different narratives we could possibly be discussing Monday morning depending on what happens Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.We move on to give you your weekly dosed of talk about running back Le’Veon Bell with his final deadline nearing.David and I close this show with our picks of all the week 9 games against the spread using the lines provided by show sponsor mybookie.ag.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 42 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Wednesday show, David Todd is back in the main chair and we get things started by giving some final thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers Week 8 Sunday home win over the Cleveland Browns.We talk about the Browns firing both head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley on Monday and if the latter got the raw end of the deal during his short time in Cleveland.We talk about the immediate futures of Steelers wide receiver James Washington and cornerback Artie Burns following both players being effectively benched this past weekend against the Browns. We also go over the Steelers short injury report leading into Week 9.David and I are joined in the middle of this show once again by John Eisenberg, who covers the Baltimore Ravens for the team’s official website. As usual, John helps us get an early preview of the Steelers upcoming game against the Ravens knocked out in the middle of the week. We talk offense, defense and more before John gives us his prediction for Sunday’s game in BaltimoreMake sure you follow John on Twitter at @BmoreEisenberg and read his work online at BaltimoreRavens.com. You can also buy his new book online at this link.David and I then move on to discuss a few things related to this year’s trade deadline and that leads to us taking a quick look back at the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft now that a few early selections have been traded over the course of the last few weeks.We end things by quickly discussing the Jacksonville Jaguars signing former Steelers quarterback Landry Jones on Wednesday as well as going back over the touchdown scoring play the Steelers had against the Browns at the end of the first half.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 41 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, Alex Kozora sits in for David Todd and we get right to talking about the tragedy that struck the city of Pittsburgh a few days ago.We move on to start breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday home win over the Cleveland Browns and that starts with us first talking in-depth about the decision to make rookie wide receiver James Washington a healthy scratch for the game.We discuss the play of the Steelers offense against the Browns to begin with and break down the play of the offensive line and running back James Conner. We also discuss a few key play calls that happened during Sunday’s game.We move to discuss the play of the Steelers defense on Sunday and make sure to highlight the different personnel groupings used throughout the afternoon. We talk some scheme and if the Steelers defense should be perceived as one turning the corner at the halfway point of the season.We then move on to discuss the play of the Steelers special teams units against the Browns and spend a lot of time focusing on the free kick blunder.After taking a quick look ahead at the Steelers Week 9 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Alex and I spend the final few minutes of this show discussing the Browns decision to fire head coach Hue Jackson as that news broke on Twitter as we were wrapping things up.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 40 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Friday show, David Todd and I start things out by talking about if the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday home game against the Cleveland Browns is a must-win one. We go through the AFC to guess how many teams might finish the 2018 regular season with a record above .500 and wonder if the Steelers could get one of two Wild Card spots with a final record of 9-6-1.We look at the Thursday injury reports of both the Steelers and Browns and talk about the latter of two teams having played quite a few overtime games this season. We discuss if the Steelers offense should have the ball first on Sunday and that discussion leads to us reviewing some Steelers post bye week first quarter scoring stats.Several Browns quarterbacks have made starts at Heinz Field over the course of the last several years and so David and I review that list of players in addition to talking about how rookie quarterbacks have fared in their first starts at Heinz Field.We close out this Friday show with our weekly picks against the spread for all the NFL games using the lines on mybookie.ag.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 39 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Wednesday show, David Todd and I start things out by talking about the chances of the Pittsburgh Steelers trading for Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson before this year's deadline expires.During the second part of this show we are joined once again by Scott Petrak, the Cleveland Browns beat writer for The Chronicle-Telegram and Medina Gazette. Scott gives us a great Week 8 preview of the Browns on both sides of the football in addition to helping us preview their upcoming road game in Pittsburgh against the Steelers. We close out our interview with him giving his prediction for Sunday’s game. Find all of Scott’s work at http://BrownsZone.com and you can also follow him on Twitter at @ScottPetrak.After talking to Scott about Sunday’s game we proceed to cover a few talking points that came out of the Tuesday press conference given by Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. We talk about the health of the Steelers exiting the bye week and other topics. We cover what Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had to say Tuesday about wide receivers Justin Hunter and rookie James Washington.Are we going to find out much about the Steelers pass defense over the course of the next four games? We discuss that topic to wind down this Wednesday show.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 38 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I start things out by talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers exiting their bye week as the AFC North leaders thanks to losses on Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.We discuss the state of the AFC North entering Week 8 of the 2018 NFL season as the Steelers now prepare to play the Cleveland Browns at home this coming Sunday.Week 7 in the NFL featured a lot of crazy endings to games, so David and I recap a few of those and look at the top teams entering Week 8 of the season.Will the Steelers get running back Le’Veon Bell back this week? Will they start the 21-day clocks on wide receiver Eli Rogers and outside linebacker Olasunkanmi Adeniyi? We discuss those topics on this Monday.We end this show by taking a player-by-player look at the Steelers defense and essentially giving grades for each.We welcome @RobinhoodApp as a new sponsor of the @TerriblePodcast today and their introductory offer we discussed during today's show can be found here: https://steelers.robinhood.com.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 37 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Friday show, David Todd and I start things out by talking about the presumed health of the Pittsburgh Steelers following their bye week. Will safety Morgan Burnett be anything more than a sub package player whenever he returns to the field from his injury? What kind of role will inside linebacker L.J. Fort have after the bye? We discuss those questions to start the show.The Steelers pass defense certainly hasn’t been great through six games and we have a look at their ANY/A stats entering their bye week. We discuss if the Steelers defensive ANY/A stats is a good reflection of the unit right now being as it is heavily influenced by their Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.We discuss the Steelers Super Bowl chances this season based on the ANY/A stats from the first six weeks and talk about the other six teams who are looking great in the ANY/A differential department entering Week 7 of the 2018 regular season.David and I move on to grade all the Steelers offensive players through six weeks and we discuss the future of a few of them past the 2018 season. What will be a good stat total for Steelers rookie wide receiver James Washington in the team’s next 5 games? We throw out some guesses.We will do the same with the defensive players during Monday’s show.As usual, we close out this Friday show by giving you our picks against the spread for every game in the NFL this weekend.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 36 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Wednesday show, David Todd and I start things out by talking abut which teams are the best and most-likely to be in playoff contention after the first 6 weeks of the 2018 regular season. We talk about some key games coming up this weekend for the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens in addition to discussing who the top contenders in the NFC might be.David and I talk about the current state of the NFL as it relates to scoring and closeness of games entering Week 7 and also discuss how 21 points allowed by defenses in a game might be the new acceptable amount.We move on to talk some about Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict on the heels of his actions in Sundays game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and try to predict if the NFL will take any sort of action against him this week.We talk quite a bit about the Steelers and things they need to accomplish during their bye week and that includes us contemplating if cornerback Artie Burns should be sat down for a few games moving forward to see if he can be rebuilt. We also talk about the slow start that rookie wide receiver James Washington has had and go over how he was used in the game this past Sunday against the Bengals.We talk about a few other roster decisions facing the Steelers in the coming weeks when it comes to a few players on either Reserve/PUP or Reserve/Injured.We close this show with a little bit of talk about the Steelers running game and that includes us going over the Tuesday comments made by Ben Roethlisberger concerning running back Le'Veon Bell.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 35 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I get right to breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday road win over the Cincinnati Bengals.We start things off by spending a lot of time going over and breaking down the game-winning touchdown pass from Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to wide receiver Antonio Brown. We discuss the legality of the pick that Steelers wide receiver Justin Hunter had on that play as well.We then move on to talk about several other aspects of the Steelers offense on Sunday and that includes us touching on the performances of running back James Conner and wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. We also touch a little more on the possible return this week of fellow running back Le’Veon Bell.We discuss play challenging process used by Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and how it relates to Sunday’s game against the Bengals.We move to talk some about the play of the Steelers defense on Sunday against the Bengals and make sure to throw a few darts in the direction of cornerback Artie Burns for his play on Sunday. We discuss a few plays that Steelers inside linebacker Vince Williams was involved in on Sunday before giving a few kudos to a few other defensive players.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 34 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Friday show, David Todd is back in the main chair and we get things started by talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers supposed rivalry with the Cincinnati Bengals over the past few seasons.Will and should the Steelers let cornerback Joe Haden shadow Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green on Sunday in Cincinnati? We hammer that topic once again and discuss the injury reports for both teams heading into Friday and what the Steelers Sunday inactive list is likely to look like.Steelers running back James Conner has played very well to start the season and with it looking like fellow running back Le’Veon Bell could be back in the fold as early as next week, David and I discuss how the team might handle his return.We discuss Bell’s decision-making process to this point and how fans might view him right now. We also discuss Conner’s play to date and if the team should consider extending his contract during the offseason.During the second part of this episode David and I are once again joined by Bengals beat writer Paul Dehner Jr., who covers the team for the Cincinnati Enquirer. As usual, Paul does a great job of helping us preview the upcoming game between the Bengals and Steelers as we talk offense, defense, how Cincinnati has played to date and more. Paul gives us his score prediction for Sunday’s game to close out our talk with him.Make sure you follow Paul on Twitter at @pauldehnerjr and read his work online here: https://www.cincinnati.com/sports/bengals/David and I move on to close out this Friday show with our picks against the spread of all the Week 6 NFL games and that of course includes our predictions for the Steelers-Bengals game.. As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 33 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Wednesday show, Alex Kozora sits in for David Todd and we get right to giving our final thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday home win over the Atlanta Falcons.We spend a lot of time talking about the Steelers defense through five weeks of the season and go over a few stats related to blitz numbers and pressure based on what head coach Mike Tomlin said on the topic Tuesday during his weekly press conference.We discuss if Steelers cornerback Joe Haden will be asked to shadow Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green this coming Sunday.We go over a few other talking points that Tomlin gave us on Tuesday and that includes recapping the team’s injury report entering Week 6.We move on to start talking some about the Steelers offense and that includes discussing the quality of the offensive line, the play of running back James Conner and rookie wide receiver James Washington and more. We also talk how good the offense has been in the red zone so far this season.We pay a quick tribute to Steelers special teams coordinator Danny Smith at the end of this show and touch on a few other minor topics such as initial thoughts on the Steelers Week 6 road game against the Bengals. As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ

Season 9, Episode 32 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I get right to discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday afternoon home win over the Atlanta Falcons at Heinz Field.We tackle what the current narrative is about the Steelers coming out of their impressive Sunday home win and quickly go over the positive things we learned from that contest.We move on to talk in-depth about the play of the Steelers offense on Sunday and especially in the first half. We discuss how quarterback Ben Roethlisberger needed to play better in the first half and how the offense was able to ride on the shoulders of running back James Conner for most of the game. We go over a few of Conner's stats and talk some about what may or may not happen when and if fellow running back Le'Veon Bell returns to the team a few weeks from now.We go over a few other players on offense before focusing some on what we saw defensively from the Steelers on Sunday. We discuss cornerback Joe Haden shadowing Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones for most of Sunday's game and ponder if we'll see him follow around Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green in Week 6.We talk about how the defense did somewhat start slow on Sunday and how they got better as the game wore on. The Sunday play of cornerback Mike Hilton and inside linebacker L.J. Fort is discussed quite a bit during this show and we make sure to praise the play of the special teams against the Falcons as well.Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin wasn't happy about a few of the penalties called during Sunday's game so that topic gets discussed a little bit.As always, several other smaller talking points are mixed in throughout the show that are not highlighted here in this post.Thanks for listening and don't forget to call or email with questions or comments and please pass us along to your friends!The new message hotline is (814) 429-YINZ