12-19 PM Team 2pm Hour

Fair Game with Nick Farabaugh.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are alive and well in the offseason as they traded for Brandon Lowe and two other players for Mike Burrows. That is it. They have their best hitter now for just Mike Burrows. Is there anything that we are missing?

PM Team FULL Show 12-18-25

Smith’s Sayings – What did Arthur Smith say to the media earlier today?

Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo from the PG joined the show. Ray said it doesn’t look like Nick Herbig will play Sunday in Detroit, so Jack Sawyer is facing his first NFL start. Ray does take positives out of what the offense has looked like in the last 2 games – sighting the addition of the veteran receivers. Zach Frazier popped up on the injury report today, which would require the offensive line to really shuffle around. Ray doesn’t think it’s fair to guess about the feelings of TJ Watt based on what JJ Watt says on television about the lung situation. Do we know if Isaac Seumalo will play on Sunday? Ray was confident saying that the dynamic at receiver will stay the same way the rest of the season and hopes it provides a good mentorship for Roman Wilson. Ray can’t pick the Steelers to pull the upset, but thinks they can make it a good game.

PM Team Professors.

The Steelers are 7-point underdogs in Detroit this Sunday. Is that disrespectful? The Lions have some impressive W’s on the season. The Steelers do too. Even with the Lions currently outside looking in to the NFC playoffs, are they one of the best teams in football? The Lions are a good team, but the defense is having a rough season. Can the Steelers stay in this game or even win it? Is Aaron Rodgers playing well enough to keep them in it?

Steve Palazzolo from the 33rd Team joined the show. Steve wouldn’t say the Steelers have ‘no chance’ on Sunday in Detroit, but he likes the Lions in the game. Is Aaron Rodgers playing close to a Matt Stafford level? Steve doesn’t think the Lions defense is as bad as Poni thinks. Steve said Aidan Hutchinson will be a problem on Sunday. Steve said the interior of the offensive line is where the Steelers can attack on Sunday because that has been an injury-riddled group for the Lions, but he still expects the Detroit offense to be tough to stop. The Vegas sharks are expecting 50+ points in the game and Steve thinks that will happen. Chris shared that he wants to see Myles Garrett break the all-time sack record against the Steelers. After the call, the guys broke into an argument about Garrett versus TJ Watt.

Donny Football Debrief – Did the Steelers defense have a Festivus to turn their season around?

Remember when we were told the 2026 QB class was going to be great? Now some of those names have been pushed to 2027 as that class is already being hyped up. We looked through the list of free agent QBs this off-season and it is not pretty. How does the oldest version of Joe Flacco sound?

We discovered last night that one of our Audacy Pittsburgh brethren used to be a big-time card collector. Poni said, yet again, that he wants to get back into card collecting.

Power Rankings – Top 5 Detroit based musical acts.

Would you be impressed if the Steelers win the AFC North? A caller yesterday sparked today’s opening conversation about the prospect of the Steelers winning their own division, but why he wouldn’t be impressed by it. Poni thinks the Steelers should not be apologizing for checking off the first box to a successful year – doing something they haven’t done since 2020. To no huge surprise, Chris said the division title would mostly come with an asterisk because the Ravens and Bengals dealt with QB injuries.

Should division titles be pushed to the wayside in the NFL? Should the best record get to host every playoff matchup?

PG writer Jason Mackey joined the show. The guys had Jason react to the news of Fenway Sports Group selling the Penguins to the Hoffmann Group. Will Mario Lemieux be involved in any way? Jason said Mario still loves to be around hockey and the team, but doesn’t want to be ‘knee-deep’ in ownership duties. Jason got into some of the ownership history for Hoffmann and if this is a venture they have any experience in. What does this mean for the Penguins and their TV deal? Jason said FSG left the Penguins in worse shape than when they found them, despite making double their money on the sale, but he doesn’t think it was altogether ‘bad.’

Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo from the PG joined the show. Ray said it doesn’t look like Nick Herbig will play Sunday in Detroit, so Jack Sawyer is facing his first NFL start. Ray does take positives out of what the offense has looked like in the last 2 games – sighting the addition of the veteran receivers. Zach Frazier popped up on the injury report today, which would require the offensive line to really shuffle around. Ray doesn’t think it’s fair to guess about the feelings of TJ Watt based on what JJ Watt says on television about the lung situation. Do we know if Isaac Seumalo will play on Sunday? Ray was confident saying that the dynamic at receiver will stay the same way the rest of the season and hopes it provides a good mentorship for Roman Wilson. Ray can’t pick the Steelers to pull the upset, but thinks they can make it a good game.

Steve Palazzolo from the 33rd Team joined the show. Steve wouldn’t say the Steelers have ‘no chance’ on Sunday in Detroit, but he likes the Lions in the game. Is Aaron Rodgers playing close to a Matt Stafford level? Steve doesn’t think the Lions defense is as bad as Poni thinks. Steve said Aidan Hutchinson will be a problem on Sunday. Steve said the interior of the offensive line is where the Steelers can attack on Sunday because that has been an injury-riddled group for the Lions, but he still expects the Detroit offense to be tough to stop. The Vegas sharks are expecting 50+ points in the game and Steve thinks that will happen. Chris shared that he wants to see Myles Garrett break the all-time sack record against the Steelers.