September 17, 2026 -

For Episode 2,023 on this Thursday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the latest ugly turn just taken in the Joey Porter Jr. vs. Steelers saga.

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Sept. 17 – Ep. 115: For this episode of The Depot Dive, Joe Clark and Ross McCorkle discuss the Steelers' Week 1 win over the Atlanta Falcons. We talk about the defensive brilliance and the offensive sloppiness and one major silver lining for the offense moving forward.

Next, we talk about the latest developments with Joey Porter Jr. including a trade request, no contract at the deadline, and a curious change in his injury designation ahead of Week 2.

For the last topic, we preview the Steelers' matchup against the New England Patriots. We each give one reason on offense and defense that would lose to a Steelers victory or defeat.

To end the show, we answer a listener question about the botched field goal attempt in Week 1.

Thank you for joining us for this 42-minute episode, and we hope to see your thoughts in the comment section.

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September 16, 2026 -

For Episode 2,022 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses why the Steelers Week 1 game was acceptable even if it didn't come with much style.

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September 16, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 23 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing a few things that Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike McCarthy had to say during his Monday press conference. McCarthy was asked quite a few questions about the status of CB Joey Porter Jr. moving forward so we mostly focus on that part of his Monday press conference.

The Steelers brought in two free agent tackles for visits on Tuesday, so we make sure to hit that bit of minor news early in this show. We also discuss what we think the overall health outlook is for the Steelers heading into Week 2.

In the middle of this show, Alex and I get into talking about what the all-22 tape from the Steelers Week 1 win against the Atalanta Falcons revealed to both of us. We start on the defensive side of the football with our tape review and discuss the outstanding play of ILB Payton Wilson against the Falcons in addition to several other players on that unit that stuck out in positive ways.

The Steelers had three outside linebackers on the field for quite a few plays against the Falcons and because of that, Alex breaks down when they snaps came and likely why we saw those personal groupings as often as we did.

After finishing our tape reviews of the defense, Alex and I turn our collective attention to what we saw and learned about the Steelers offense against the Falcons. We focus on the overall play of the offensive line, both in the running game and passing game, and then move on from there.

We talk a little about what we saw from Steelers WR Roman Wilson in Week 1 and how QB Aaron Rodgers attempted to push the football down the field against the Falcons on Sunday.

Why there were several positives to takeaways from the Steelers offensive performance in Week 1, the advanced analytics in all the main categories still need to get better moving into the team's Week 2 game against the New England Patriots.

Alex and I go over a few quick thoughts about the Steelers’ special teams play against the Falcons as we begin to wrap up this episode.

This 71-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners.

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September 15, 2026 -

For Episode 2,021 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney raves about the performance from Payton Wilson in Week 1.

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September 14, 2026 -

For Episode 2,020 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle argues that, even though the offense didn't perform well in Week 1, Aaron Rodgers showed the best-case scenario of things to come.

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September 14, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 22 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday to open their 2026 regular season.

Alex and I discuss the team's perceived health coming out of their first regular season game in addition to going over the six players that were inactive for that contest, one of which was CB Joey Porter Jr.

As we get into recapping the Steelers' win over the Falcons, we start by talking quite a bit about the play of the team's defense. We go over the amazing play of OLB T.J. Watt on Sunday in addition to discussing several snap counts on that side of the football. Several defensive players had strong showings against the Falcons on Sunday, so we make sure to note each one. We also discuss how poorly Falcons QB Cooper Rush played on Sunday and how most of Atlanta's success on offense came via RB Bijan Robinson.

After thoroughly breaking down several aspects of Pittsburgh's defensive play from Sunday, Alex and I then do the same for the offense. We note how QB Aaron Rodgers pushed the football down the field with more regularity and how a key third down passing play to TE Darnell Washington effectively secured a win. We talk about the running game and how it came alive late in the game.

When we’re finished talking about several things related to the offense, Alex and I move on to break down Pittsburgh's play on special teams against the Falcons.

Once we are done breaking down the Steelers Sunday win against the Falcons, Alex and I discuss the team being unable to sign Porter to a contract extension prior to the game getting underway. We discuss what the immediate future might be when it comes to Porter and that includes us discussing the possibility that he could ultimately wind up being traded by this year's deadline.

This 93-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners.

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September 13, 2026 -

For Episode 2,019 on this Sunday morning, Dr. Melanie Friedlander talks about why Asante Samuel Jr. is the biggest beneficiary of teammate Joey Porter Jr's contract negotiation issues.

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September 12, 2026 -

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