November 24, 2025 -

Season 16, Episode 54 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Monday morning episode, Alex Kozora and I get right into our overarching thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers' Week 12 Sunday afternoon road loss to the Chicago Bears.

In our weekly housekeeping portion of this Monday show, which is sponsored by the fine folks at TouringPlans.com, Alex and I talk about the Sunday afternoon inactive list and how the Steelers decided to sit QB Aaron Rodgers as one of the team's five inactive players against the Bears. We discuss Rodgers not even being listed as the emergency third quarterback on Sunday.

The Steelers sustained a few injuries during Sunday’s road loss to the Bears, so we discuss what happened to CB Joey Porter Jr. (hip), T Broderick Jones (stinger), and WR DK Metcalf (ankle) during the contest. We also discuss the prospects of Rodgers returning to action on Sunday for the team's week 13 home game.

After going through the newsy items related to Sunday's game, Alex and I look at what all transpired at Soldier Field in Chicago. We first talk about the play of the Steelers' defense and how poor things looked on that side of the football. We discuss that unit's play against the run on Sunday and several plays of 10 yards or longer that were allowed. We also discuss the defense’s inability to get pressure on Bears QB Caleb Williams on Sunday.

The Steelers methodology and scheming late in the first half against the Bears really upset Alex and me. We also discuss the longest touchdown pass allowed by the Steelers defense on Sunday and how the coverage used on that play shouldn't have been completely utilized.

After discussing the play of the Steelers' defense against the Bears, Alex and I then do the same when it comes to Pittsburgh's offense. We talk a lot about how QB Mason Rudolph played overall and his inability to effectively push the football down the field through the air. We discuss Rudolph’s intended air yard average as well as his completed air yard average. We also talk about how poorly Rudolph performed on Sunday when using play-action.

While the Steelers’ running game was effective enough against the Bears, it still wasnt enough to help the passing game portion of the offense. The offensive line, in our opinion, played well overall. We discuss the tight end output, the overall lack of yards after the catch on Sunday, and much more.

The illegal formation penalty on the Steelers offense late in Sunday’s game really disturbed Alex and me. We discuss how and why that shouldn’t have happened and how a timeout should have been called to avoid the penalty.

Special teams certainly played a role in Sunday's loss, so Alex and I make sure to hit on what went wrong in that phase of the game at Soldier Field.

We make sure to discuss a few in-game decisions made by Steelers HC Mike Tomlin throughout this show as well.

The Steelers are really just a mid team this year and that's been known for several weeks now. We discuss how hard it will be for the 2025 Steelers to not only win the AFC North division at this point but merely make the playoffs as well.

This 107-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted and we wrap things up by answering several emails we received from listeners.

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