Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

April 22, 2026 - For Episode 1,875 this Wednesdsay afternoon, Alex Kozora offers his final thoughts before the Steelers make their first-round pick and if the team will break its longstanding "rule" of the top selection. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 22, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 124 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Tuesday press conference that Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike McCarthy took part in. We go over the notable things that McCarthy had to say about players on the roster, the team's offseason plans and schedules, and much more. After recapping McCarthy's Tuesday presser, Alex and I then conduct full recaps of our final 2026 mock drafts for the Steelers. We go over each one of our 12 selections in our final mock drafts and reasons why we made every week. This segment of the Wednesday show is quite lengthy. After our final mock drafts are fully recapped, Alex and I attempt to answer several questions related to the 2026 NFL Draft ahead of it getting started in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Alex and I discuss some of our overarching thoughts on the draft that are related to the Steelers and what we both hope ultimately happens. We also address several of the potential trade possibilities related to the Steelers as well. This 140-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 21, 2026 - For Episode 1,874 this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney reacts to the latest report from Tom Pelissero regarding QB Carson Beck, and what it could mean for the Steelers. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 21, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 123 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Tuesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing former Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike Tomlin being hired by NBC as part of their Sunday Night Football crew. Steelers team president Art Rooney II recently addressed the wait for QB Aaron Rodgers to decide on his future during an interview, so we make sure to recap what he had to say on a possible timeline moving forward with the 2026 NFL Draft now right around the corner. The contract details related to the Steelers’ recent signings of OL Brock Hoffman and RB Travis Homer are now known as of Tuesday morning, so Alex and I recap those figures during the first half of this episode. On the heels of Steelers GM Omar Khan and HC Mike McCarthy holding their pre-draft press conference on Monday, Alex and I make sure recap everything notable that was said during it. We parse a lot of quotes from Khan and McCarthy from Monday. This leads to good discussions of various key topics related to both the draft and other things. At the end of this show, Alex and I go over the combined deep reception stats from the last two seasons of the top 15 wide receiver prospects in the annual Dane Brugler draft guide. This 95-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 20, 2026 - For Episode 1,873 this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle explains why he would consider trading Alex Highsmith during the draft. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 20, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 122 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into our annual pre-draft roundtable discussion with several members of the site's staff. Joining the draft roundtable discussion this year are Ross McCorkle, Joe Clark, Josh Carney, Jake Brockhoff, Ryan Paglia, and Jim Hester. As part of our annual pre-draft roundtable discussion, we discuss several of the draft prospects the Steelers seem to have a lot of interest in this year. We also make sure to go through prospects at several different position groups. We talk a lot about the quarterback prospects the Steelers could select this year. As part of roundtable discussion, we discuss the latest news concerning Steelers OT Broderick Jones and how that could impact the team's draft plans. At the end of this annual roundtable discussion, we get the first-round selection predictions from each of our guests. Please make sure to follow, Ross, Joe, Josh, Jake, Ryan, and Jim on Twitter/X after listening to today's episode. After finishing our roundtable discussion, Alex and I have a few discussions of our own related to latest news concerning the Steelers. We go over recent comments made by Art Rooney II about the draft, the injury report on Jones, the team potentially trading one of OLB Alex Highsmith or OLB Nick Herbig, and the Cincinnati Bengals recently trading for former New York Giants DT Dexter Lawrence. This 119-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 19, 2026 - For Episode 1,872 this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander explains which way she thinks the Steelers will go in the first two rounds of the draft later this week. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 18, 2026 - For Episode 1,871 this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark explains why the Steelers could break first-round precedent under Omar Khan due to their list of pre-draft visitors. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 17, 2026 - For Episode 1,870 this Friday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses why the Steelers are likely to select a cornerback sooner than initially thought based on the team's clear pre-draft interest, and why such interest might exist. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 17, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 121 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the final known pre-draft visitor that the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted on Wednesday. That means we discuss DB Treydan Stukes, an Arizona product, following his visit to Pittsburgh on Wednesday. We go over Stukes' fit in Pittsburgh and when he is most likely to get drafted. After reviewing the final list of the Steelers' pre-draft visitors for 2026, Alex and I spend some time talking about whether the team will select a quarterback this year and how soon if they do. We also discuss how many other teams are likely to select a quarterback during the first four rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft and if that might impact the Steelers when it comes to them waiting to select one until after the fourth round. The Steelers made their three new coordinators, Brian Angelichio (OC), Patrick Graham (DC), and Danny Crossman (STC), available to the media on Friday morning and on the heels of those sessions, we discuss a few notable things that were said by each of the three coaches. Alex conducted a live mock draft on Thursday night, and he streamed it on YouTube. Additionally, several listeners took part in it as GMs of other NFL teams. We discuss the team that Alex was able to draft for the Steelers during that four round mock and we go over a few takeaways that were learned from it as well. This 84-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 16, 2026 - For Episode 1,869 this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney narrows the Steelers' potential first-round options down based on their pre-draft visitor list. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 16 – Ep. 98: For this episode of The Depot Dive, Joe Clark and Ross McCorkle go over the Steelers' full pre-draft visitor list and what it tells us about their intentions in the first round and beyond for the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft. Which positions did the focus on, and were there any surprises with the final visitors? Next, we discuss the idea of trading up (and down) in the draft, and why that is likely to happen with the Steelers owning 12 picks. Last, we talk about some lesser-talked about first-round options for the Steelers and whether or not Pittsburgh will break it's pre-draft visitor trend this year. We wrap up the show with a listener question about which prospect we would pound on the table for. Thank you for joining us for this 44-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 chance to have it answered in a future episode. You can also text the line if you don't wish to have your voice on the show! Follow us on Twitter: Ross: @Ross_McCorkle Joe: @jclark1233 Steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 15, 2026 - For Episode 1,868 this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora shares his interest in hearing from the Steelers trio of new coordinators this Friday: OC Brian Angelichio, DC Patrick Graham, and STs Coordinator Danny Crossman. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 15, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 120 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the most recent pre-draft visitors that the Pittsburgh Steelers have hosted. That means the discuss QB Drew Allar, OG Olaivavega Ioane, OG Beau Stephens, TE Will Kacmarek, OL Spencer Fano, WR Germie Bernard, and QB Taylen Green all coming to Pittsburgh since our last show on Monday. As Alex and I await word on the 30th pre-draft visitor to surface, we go over the list of 29 known non-local players that have come to Pittsburgh with our focus being on those that are legitimate candidates to be the team's first-round selection this year. WR Omar Cooper Jr. isn't going to be on the Steelers' pre-draft visitor list this year, so we go over that bit of news and what that likely means for his chances of being the team's first-round pick this year. Alex recently posted version 3.0 of his offseason mock draft series so with that, we review the 12 selections he has for the Steelers. We also make sure to plug our upcoming livestreamed mock draft that Alex will be running on Thursday night. Alex also recently posted about three trade scenarios for the Steelers during the 2026 NFL Draft, so we review his ideas related to that topic. I also get Alex's thoughts on one other possible trade scenario in the first round for the Steelers. Later in this show, Alex and I go over the lengthy list of pre-draft visits that WR Denzel Boston has had. We also discuss the news that former Steelers WR Hines Ward will be back in Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft. This 95-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 14, 2026 - For Episode 1,867 this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney says that the Steelers' interest in Arkansas QB Taylen Green could lead them to Mike McCarthy's next Dak Prescott. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 13, 2026 - 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

April 13, 2026 - For Episode 1,866 this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle makes the case for an aggressive trade up into the top 10 for the Steelers. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 13, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 119 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the pre-draft visitors the team recently hosted on Friday. That means that we fully discuss three draft prospects in OT Travis Burke, LB Harold Perkins, and CB Malik Muhammad. With the Steelers bringing in quite a few cornerbacks for pre-draft visits this year, Alex and I examine the possibility of the team selecting one in the first two days of the 2026 NFL Draft and even as early as the second round at 53rd overall. On the heels of Alex doing a draft study on wide receivers that have been selected over the years, we ho over the one player that checked every box and the few that were able to check all but one of the testing boxes. We discuss how future studies for other positions are likely to go by the wayside due to most players have incomplete pre-draft testing profiles. Could and should the Steelers select a punter this year during the draft? Alex and I attempt to answer that question later in this show and as part of that, we look at the top punter in this draft class. This 78-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 12, 2026 - For Episode 1,865 this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander explains why she expects the Steelers to draft a tight end in this year's draft and which rounds are most likely. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 11, 2026 - For Episode 1,864 this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark breaks down why it would make sense for the Steelers to trade up in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices