Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

October 1, 2023 - For Episode 941 on this Sunday afternoon, Alex Kozora highlights the key to the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Houston Texans on the road in Week Four. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 30, 2023 - For Episode 940 on this Saturday, Joe Clark talks about the Pittsburgh Steelers keeping the success of QB Kenny Pickett through the air going and the importance of him stacking good weeks together.  steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 29, 2023 - For Episode 939 on this Friday afternoon, Alex Kozora explains why he's worried about the Pittsburgh Steelers when it comes to Sunday’s road game against the Houston Texans. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 29, 2023 - Season 14, Episode 30 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I start going over the most-recent practice squads transactions made by the Steelers this past week. We also recap the teams Thursday injury report and speculate whether WR Gunner Olszewski will be back active again on Sunday after missing the Week Three game due to a concussion. Steelers coordinators Matt Canada and Teryl Austin both held their weekly media sessions on Thursday and so Alex I recap the few worthy talking points to come out of those. With the Steelers set to play the Houston Texans on the road Sunday afternoon, Alex and I welcome Drew Dougherty back to the show. Drew covers the Texans for the team’s official website, and he helps us preview the Sunday game from top to bottom for nearly a half hour. Make sure to follow Drew on Twitter at @DoughertyDrew and read his work online here: houstontexans.com. Alex and I then get into our own preview of the Sunday game between the Steelers and the Texans. We discuss both sides of the football for both teams heading into this week Four matchup in Houston. After previewing the Sunday game, Alex and I are then joined by former Steelers ILB James Farrior. We talk with Farrior about several topics concerning his long NFL career and that includes his recollections of his draft day, playing with Kendrell Bell, his ability to avoid a lot of missed games due to injuries and much more. Make sure to follow Farrior on Twitter at @JamesFarrior. Finally, Alex and I close out this Friday show by giving our Week Four picks of all the remaining games on the NFL slate. We also give our final score predictions for the Steelers Sunday road game against the Texans. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 115-minute episode and we get to a few listener emails to close out the show. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 28, 2023 - For Episode 938 on this Thursday, Josh Carney looks at how the defensive front of the Pittsburgh Steelers finds itself staring down an advantageous matchup in the trenches Sunday against the Houston Texans. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 27, 2023 - For Episode 937 on this Wednesday edition, Alex Kozora gives an overview of where the Pittsburgh Steelers are at right now in Week Four with some specific thoughts on the team's offense. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 27, 2023 - Season 14, Episode 29 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the latest practice squad roster shuffling that the Pittsburgh Steelers have made and how two new players will be added to the unit. We find out one of those added players later in the show. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for his weekly press conference, so Alex and I dive into the main talking points that came out of that session. We talk about Tomlin's thoughts on team mojo, injuries heading into Week Four and much more. Alex and I talk a little bit about Texans G Kendrick Green possibly starting against his former team on Sunday. We go over how the status of an injured Texans tackle will likely decide if Green start on Sunday in Houston. Alex and I make sure to wrap up the Steelers Sunday night road win against the Las Vegas Raiders by going over our thoughts from the all-22 tape from that contest. We talk about the Steelers running game and how it needs to improve, the progress of WR George Pickens, the overall play of the offensive line, and more. We move over to the defensive side of the football when it comes to the Steelers win over the Raiders. We discuss the role s of CB Joey Porter Jr. and Keeanu Benton through the first three games and how both rookies are likely to keep their current usages in Week Four. The Steelers are stacking the negative plays on offense through the first three weeks of the 2023 season, so Alex and I discuss that topic for a bit in this show as well. Two former Steelers, QB Ben Roethlisberger and RB Jerome Bettis, recently reminiscence about the 2024 AFC Championship Game loss to the New England Patriots because of cheating on a podcast episode so Alex and I discuss that topic briefly late in this show. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 69-minute episode and we get to a few listener emails to close out the show. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 26, 2023 - For Episode 936 on this Tuesday, Josh Carney talks about how Pittsburgh Steelers rookie DT Keeanu Benton did his best impression of DT Cameron Heyward on Sunday Night Football against the Las Vegas Raiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 25, 2023 - Welcome back to the archive of our Monday live stream over on Youtube. If you missed it, Dave and I stream each week from 7-8 PM/ET. We hope you can make the next one and if you missed today’s, you can check it out below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 25, 2023 - For Episode 935 on this Monday afternoon, Alex Kozora reacts to the reported Sunday morning news of Pittsburgh Steelers OC Matt Canada supposedly having an additional role with the team. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 25, 2023 - Season 14, Episode 28 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Las Vegas Raiders on the road Sunday night. We get things started by talking about the inactive list the Steelers submitted ahead of the Sunday night game and what stuck out with a few of those decisions. We also talk about the bumps and bruises that came out of the Sunday night game. Alex and I jump into our initial analysis of the Sunday night game and that includes us talking quite a bit about the play of the Steelers' offense. We discuss the big touchdown pass from QB Kenny Pickett to WR Calvin Austin III. We also discuss the Steelers overall gameplan, the play-calling, how Pickett played, specifically, and more. Alex and I then flip over to the play of the Steelers defense Sunday night. We discuss the long touchdown pass the Raiders had, how the unit defended the run and Raiders WR Davante Adams Sunday night and much more. We talk about yards after the catch, tackling , and other things on that side of the football that stuck out after initial viewing of the Sunday night road game. Steelers P Pressley Harvin III and K Chris Boswell both had solid showings Sunday night, so Alex and I make sure to address that later in this podcast. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 61-minute episode and we get to a few listener emails to close out the show. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 24, 2023 - For episode 934 on this Sunday, Dr. Melanie Friedlander explains why establishing the run -- or looking like they will -- is the key to the Pittsburgh Steelers offense getting its mojo back. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 23, 2023 - For Episode 933 on this Saturday, Joe Clark discusses why he's worried about Pittsburgh Steelers defense moving forward despite their game-saving efforts on Monday Night Football in Week Two. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 22, 2023 - For Episode 932 on this Friday afternoon, Alex Kozora gives the correct answer to the debate concerning the T.J. Watt versus Myles Garrett debate that's be going on since the Week 2 Monday night game. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 22, 2023 - Season 14, Episode 27 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the latest concerning the Pittsburgh Steelers as they prepare to play the Las Vegas Raiders on the road Sunday night. Alex and I go over the Steelers injury report heading into Friday and get that out of the way. We also talk about Steelers head coach Mike Tomin looking for his first road win against the Raiders on Sunday night as well. On Thursday, Steelers coordinators Matt Canada and Teryl Austin both held their weekly media sessions, so we tear through the main talking points to come out of what both said. Warren Sharp had some stats on the Steelers offense that went viral on Thursday, so Alex and I make sure to dive into those. We attempt to add a little bit of context to them when it comes to shotgun snaps and pass/run ratios. We also discuss if we might see more dropbacks from under center Steelers QB Kenny Pickett moving forward into the 2023 season. In the middle of this show, Alex and I are joined by Vinny Bonsignore, who covers the Raiders for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. We spend roughly 30-minutes with Vinny previewing the Sunday night game. Make sure to follow Vinny on Twitter at @VinnyBonsignore and read his work online at vegasnation.com. After our interview with Vinny, Alex and I get into our own breakdowns of the Sunday night game between the Steelers and the Raiders. We talk about both sides of the football for both teams and more. Next up, Alex and I make our Week 3 picks for all the games using the mybookie.ag lines. We end with our score predictions for the Steelers Sunday night game against the Raiders. Several other minor topics not noted are also discussed in this 118-minute episode and we get to a few listener emails to close out the show as well. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices