Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

July 24, 2023 - For Episode 872 on this Monday, Alex Kozora reviews the Pittsburgh Steelers' news from last week and offers up an overview of the team's 2023 offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 24, 2023 - Season 13, Episode 156 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora is back from his week off and we jump right into extended thoughts about the four-year contract extension that Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith recently signed. The finer details related to the Highsmith deal are now in so Alex and I go over those numbers and the structure and how the Steelers got the better end of the deal via threat of the franchise tag in 2024. Steelers running back Najee Harris reportedly recently took part in a league-wide Zoom call with other members at his position, so we discuss that news and other elements related to the market value at that group. We discuss how Harris is likely to be asked to give his extended market value thoughts about running backs when he arrives at Saint Vincent College for the start of the team's 2023 training camp on Wednesday. With the start of the Steelers 2023 training camp now just a few days away, Alex has submitted his latest 53-man roster prediction. We go over it position group by position group. We start closing this Monday show by discussing a few key talking points and storylines we will likely be covering the rest of the week as training camp gets underway. We go on to read and answer several listener questions we received via email to close out the episode. As usual, we mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 23, 2023 - For episode 871 on this Sunday, Dr. Melanie Friedlander discusses the recent comments from Le'Veon Bell and Najee Harris regarding the efforts to improve the current NFL running back market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 22, 2023 - On this Saturday version of The Terrible Take, Alexa DellaRocco gives her way-too-early prediction for the Pittsburgh Steelers when it comes to their two meetings against the Baltimore Ravens in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 21, 2023 - For Episode 869 on this Friday, Alex Kozora discusses the key to every player's success during training camp this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 21, 2023 - Season 13, Episode 155 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, I am joined once again by Josh Carney and Jonathan Heitritter as they sit in for the vacationing Alex Kozora. We start this show by reviewing the latest concerning Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith, who signed a four-year contract extension this past week. We talk about how deserving Highsmith is of that deal, the message and example his deal sends to the rest of the organization and what we expect to see out of him on the field moving forward into his career. Moving on past Highsmith deal, the three of us discuss the latest negative-based narrative concerning the Steelers and them presumably overspending on the defensive side of the football. Not surprisingly, Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports attempted to take this narrative to a higher level on Thursday by comparing what the Steelers are doing with their spending to what the Kansas City Chiefs have been doing. We rip through the complete narrative the best way can and attempt to look at all sides of it. We all discuss what a successful 2023 season looks like for the Steelers both on defense and offense. Included within that, we discuss how Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett holds the keys to the team's Super Bowl window fully opening in 2024. The Steelers 2023 training camp will get underway late next week so I get Josh and Jonathan to go over several things they are both looking to learn about the team over the course of the next month. We also discuss several intriguing players ahead of training camp getting underway. Is Steelers second year inside linebacker Mark Robinson a guaranteed lock to make the 53-man roster again in 2023? We have that discussion later in this show. As usual, we mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 20, 2023 - For Episode 868 on this Thursday, Josh Carney discusses how Pittsburgh Steelers OLB Alex Highsmith earned every penny of his new contract extension that he just signed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 19, 2023 - For Episode 867 on this Wednesday, Alex Kozora shares a record that Pittsburgh Steelers QB Kenny Pickett set during his 2022 rookie season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 19, 2023 - Season 13, Episode 154 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, I fly solo with Alex Kozora out on vacation this week. This solo podcast was needed because of the Pittsburgh Steelers signing outside linebacker Alex Highsmith to a four-year, $68 million contract extension Wednesday morning. In this show, I go over the early known details related to the Highsmith contract extension. I talk about new money average, likely guarantees and likely structure of the deal. I also give my thoughts on what Highsmith's new salary cap charge for 2023 is likely to be, or at least in the neighborhood of. Later in this 30-minute show, I talk about how the Highsmith deal was fairly easy to predict overall with the only real unknown being the length of the extension. I also discuss how the threat of the franchise tag in 2024 possibly played a part in the contract negotiations with Highsmith. As soon as the full details related to Highsmith's become available, I will post them on the site. Additionally, we will be back on Friday with a new podcast episode to continue discussing the Highsmith extension and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 18, 2023 - For Episode 866 on this Tuesday, Josh Carney discusses how Pittsburgh Steelers K Chris Boswell finds himself in a familiar spot in 2023 after an injury-filled 2022 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 18, 2023 - Season 13, Episode 153 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Tuesday morning show, I am joined by Josh Carney and Jonathan Heitritter as they sit in for a vacationing Alex Kozora. We start this Tuesday show by discussing the outlook of the NFL running back market on the heels of three players at the position not receiving long-term deal after receiving franchise tags earlier in the offseason. On Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris weighed in with his thoughts on the running back market, so we discuss that and what the outlook is for him with his fifth-year option decision due after the 2023 season. We discuss what a good 2023 season looks like for Harris and if a long-term extension with the Steelers is in the future. The three of us move on to talk about Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett and what 2023 potentially holds for him. We discuss how bullish the outlook is for Pickett in 2023 and if he will top certain over/under statistical plateaus. Who will be the Steelers' top wide receiver in 2023 between Diontae Johnson and George Pickens and will either top 100 receptions or 1,000 receiving yards? Josh and Jonathan both give their answers to those questions. I move on to ask Josh and Jonathan about their top offensive and defensive offseason additions made by the Steelers and also get their thoughts on second year player jumps in 2023. Who is the Steelers' unsafest, safest player this summer? Josh and Jonathan both attempt to answer that question ahead of training camp getting underway next week. We close this show out by going over who will be the Steelers top rookie in 2023 and what the team's top three positions of need are right now when it comes to the 2024 NFL Draft. If you are not already doing so, please follow Josh and Jonathan on Twitter at @ByJoshCarney and @J_Heits, respectively. I appreciate them both sitting in for Alex on this Tuesday. As usual, we mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 17, 2023 - For Episode 865 on this Monday, Alex Kozora discusses the long football career of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Levon Kirkland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 16, 2023 - For episode 864 on this Sunday, Dr. Melanie Friedlander recaps the annual Cameron Heyward charity softball event from Saturday night that several other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers played in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 15, 2023 - On this Saturday version of The Terrible Take, Alexa DellaRocco goes over her outlook for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie T Broderick Jones and his ceiling related to the other top tackles drafted in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 14, 2023 - For Episode 862 on this Friday, Alex Kozora argues why Pittsburgh Steelers RB Najee Harris is poised to have a career-year in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices