Steelers Podcast - The Terrible Podcast

September 26, 2022 - Season 13, Episode 26 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about watching a lot of football over the weekend with the Pittsburgh Steelers having played their Week 3 game on Thursday night.The New York Jets are up next for the Steelers in week, so Alex and I quickly go over their opponents' injury situation heading into the week. We also discuss what all transpired in the AFC North in Week 3 and how the Steelers' Week 4 home game against the Jets really feels like a must-win situation so early in the 2022 regular season.The Pro Bowl is making a few much-needed changes in the format, so Alex and I quickly hit on that topic in this show.Alex and I go over a few more observations from the Steelers' Thursday night loss to the Cleveland Browns after fully digesting the All-22 tape from that game. We talk schematics, stats and more in addition to that.what will the field at Acrisure Stadium look like on Sunday against the Jets with their being a college football game played on it Saturday night and possibly in rain at that? We discuss that topic in this show and also go over the players on the initial 2023 Hall of Fame Class list that have ties to the Steelers.We mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post, and then we close this show out by hitting the e-mail machine for a few listener questions.

September 25, 2022 - For Episode 570, a submitted take from our very own Dr. Melanie Friedlander that includes her talking about the mounting frustration among Pittsburgh Steelers' players and fans and ways to deal with it.

September 24, 2022 -On this Saturday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora discusses the impressive special teams play of Pittsburgh Steelers WR Miles Boykin and S Miles Killebrew through three games played.

September 23, 2022 -On this Friday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora talks about how the Pittsburgh Steelers must try to become the Cleveland Browns as soon as possible.

September 23, 2022 - Season 13, Episode 25 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers' Thursday night road loss to the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium.With only the television tape to work off on this Friday, Alex and I review the Steelers' loss as we can over several key plays and player performances just as we do after every game. We obviously discuss the play of Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky and much more. We make sure to tip our hats to the Browns' running game and the play of their quarterback, Jacoby Brissett.Alex and I cover the two biggest plays in the Thursday night game that really might be considered the biggest turning points. Additionally, Alex and I go over the injury the Steelers had Thursday night and other news related to the team.Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he's not close to benching Trubisky, so we go over that declaration from him as well in this show. We mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post, and then we close this show out by hitting the e-mail machine for a few listener questions.It's Friday, so Alex and I make the rest of our Week 3 picks for NFL action against the MyBookie.ag spreads.

September 22, 2022 -On this Thursday version of The Terrible Take, Dave Bryan addresses the cries from fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers to fire offensive coordinator Matt Canada as the team gets ready to play their Week 3 night road game.

September 21, 2022 -On this Wednesday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora explains why using screenshots from film to breakdown plays from games is a bad idea.

September 21, 2022 - Season 13, Episode 24 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the latest news concerning the Pittsburgh Steelers and that includes recent practice squad developments, Tuesday injury reports, and the retirement of former cornerback Joe Haden.Tuesday included Matt Canada, Teryl Austin and quarterback Mitch Trubisky all talking to the media so Alex and I go over the key talking points from those media sessions. We spend extra time on quarterback audibling abilities and up-tempo being used more on offense moving forward and if we'll see an increase in either of those things from the Steelers on a short week.Alex and I have both fully digested the all-22 tape from the Steelers' Week 2 home loss to the New England Patriots, so we make sure to go over our closing thoughts on that Sunday contest. We talk a lot about Canadas's offense in this segment as well as the play of Trubisky.The Steelers will play the Cleveland Browns on the road Thursday night so to help us get ready for that matchup, Scott Petrak once again joins us. Scott covers the Browns at BrownsZone.com and as usual, he provides great pregame intel on the team ahead of the Thursday night game. If not already doing so, please follow Scott on Twitter at @ScottPetrak and read his work online.Alex and I then move on to our own preview of the Thursday night game later in this show and that segment includes our predictions for the game.We mix in other Steelers talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post, and then we close this show out by hitting the e-mail machine for a few listener questions.

September 20, 2022 -On this Tuesday version of The Terrible Take, Dave Bryan discusses the need for the Pittsburgh Steelers to give QB Mitch Trubisky full autonomy at the line of scrimmage so he can at least go down swinging with gloves on.

September 19, 2022 - 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 yesterday’s, you can check it out below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

September 19, 2022 -On this Monday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora dives into his concern over the lack of a Pittsburgh Steelers' pass rush coming out of Sunday's home loss to the New England Patriots.

September 19, 2022 - Season 13, Episode 23 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday show, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers' Sunday home loss to the New England Patriots.As usual, Alex and I provide a full recap of the Steelers' most-recent game and as you would expect, there's a lot of talk about the offensive ineptitude. We talk quite a bit about the play of Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky on Sunday and the play-calling of offensive coordinator Matt Canada.Alex and I have several individual plays to talk about from this game and that incudes the two biggest plays that helped facilitate the Sunday loss.We spend time talking about the good, bad, and ugly on the defensive side of the football later in the show in addition to briefly talking about play on special teams against the Patriots.Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talked again on Monday so we quickly cover his main talking points. We also talk a little about some comments made by some Steelers' players after the Sunday game.We mix in other Steelers' talk throughout this episode that is not noted in this recap post, and then we close this show out by hitting the e-mail machine for a few listener questions.

September 18, 2022 - For Episode 563, a submitted take from our very own Dr. Melanie Friedlander that includes her talking about the X-factor in the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense's bid for success while OLB T.J. Watt is sidelined.

September 17, 2022 - On this Saturday version of The Terrible Take, Josh Carney talks about the optimistic start to the 2022 season by Pittsburgh Steelers ILB Devin Bush and what could be ahead for him under new assistant coach Brian Flores.

September 16, 2022 -On this Friday version of The Terrible Take, Alex Kozora explains why Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cameron Heyward is right to call the team "zombies" and why that's a problem.