The Pomp And Joe Show

The full Pomp and Joe Show, with Joe Starkey and Austin Bechtold (behind the glass), from PNC Park for the draft, Friday, April 24th, 2026

Hour 1 with Joe Starkey at PNC Park for the draft: The Steelers were stunned by the Philadelphia Eagles, who traded in front of them for WR Makai Lemon while Lemon was on the phone with Omar Khan. It was a great night for Pittsburgh and to celebrate the city. The Steelers selected tackle Max Iheanachor from Arizona State. Austin shares a first-hand account of what it was like being at the draft. The Steelers panicked with their pick. Steelers fans weigh in.

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey at PNC Park for the draft: Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Why would the Cowboys trade with Philadelphia? Ray thinks this will be a bigger story if Makai Lemon torches the Cowboys. The Cowboys received two fourth round picks. Ray thinks if the Steelers really wanted Lemon, they would have given someone a third and a fourth. "They didn't want him that bad." Steelers insider Mike DeFabo of The Athletic joined the show. The Steelers were the story of the draft for all the wrong reasons. One of the top wide receivers fell and they didn't move up one or two spots to get him.

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey at PNC Park for the draft: The Steelers celebrated their pick like they won a playoff game. We hear Makai Lemon's draft call and it is awful for Steelers fans to experience this. The Steelers are the only AFC team in the Super Bowl era to draft a tackle in three of their last four years. The Browns took Spencer Fano and picked Omar Cooper later in the first round. We think the Browns did well. CBS Sports gives the Browns an A+. The Bengals traded their pick for Dexter Lawrence. The Ravens drafted Vega Ioane.

Hour 4 with Joe Starkey at PNC Park for the draft: Michelle Gardner of The Arizona Republic joined the show. Big Max has only been playing football for four years. His high school didn't have a football team. The projections were that Big Max would go 26-32. In January, he projected as a third-round pick. "His rise is really stunning and has tremendous upside." Big Max was matched up against David Bailey and didn't give up a sack. Donny Football joins the show. Donny grades the pick a D+. Broderick Jones' injury seems to be very serious. Who would you have chosen at 21? Donny would have picked Omar Cooper.

Donny Football joins the show. Donny grades the pick a D+. Broderick Jones' injury seems to be very serious. Who would you have chosen at 21? Donny would have picked Omar Cooper. Do you think Makai Lemon is a high-impact player. It's hard for us to believe that Dallas and the Eagles made a trade for the Eagles to be better. Omar Khan met with the media right after their pick and we were surprised the Steelers weren't trying to do anything else. Donny thinks the Steelers take a quarterback tomorrow.

Michelle Gardner of The Arizona Republic joined the show. Big Max has only been playing football for four years. His high school didn't have a football team. The projections were that Big Max would go 26-32. In January, he projected as a third-round pick. "His rise is really stunning and has tremendous upside." Big Max was matched up against David Bailey and didn't give up a sack.

The Browns took Spencer Fano and picked Omar Cooper later in the first round. We think the Browns did well. CBS Sports gives the Browns an A+. The Bengals traded their pick for Dexter Lawrence. The Ravens drafted Vega Ioane. We think the Steelers had the worse draft. Mike McCarthy said Big Max was rising up their boards and they liked the pick.

Joe is reeling from what happened at the draft. The Steelers celebrated their pick like they won a playoff game. We hear Makai Lemon's draft call and it is awful for Steelers fans to experience this. The Steelers are the only AFC team in the Super Bowl era to draft a tackle in three of their last four years. Big Max hadn't put on pads until 2022 and is a great athlete.

Steelers insider Mike DeFabo joined the show. The Steelers were the story of the draft for all the wrong reasons. One of the top wide receivers fell to them and they didn't move up one or two spots to get him. We have no idea who is playing left tackle. "What window are the Steelers trying to win in?"