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October 14, 2026 -

For Episode 2,050 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the need for the Steelers to stack wins and stop the up-and-down nature of their season so far.

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October 14, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 35 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers signing veteran ILB Elandon Roberts to their practice squad this week. Will Roberts be used in Week 6? Will it be a little while before we see him in a game again? We discuss those two questions.

Can the Steelers start stacking a few wins in their next three games? Their schedule certainly seems like that could happen.

The Steelers have seemingly lost two wide receivers, Roman Wilson and Ben Skowronik, to injuries for the immediate future so we discuss the team not having them for the Week 6 game. We discuss what this might mean for the offense and how WR Brandon Smith having a bigger role out of the chute is likely to happen. We also discuss how the shortage at the wide receiver position might force HC Mike McCarthy to lean a little more into 12 and 13 personnel groupings and how that might not be a terrible thing if it happens.

McCarthy talked on Monday about the role RB Rico Dowdle might have once he returns from his toe injury. We discuss how we hope that Dowdle doesn’t eat too much into the playing time of RB Jaylen Warren.

Steelers DC Patrick Graham was on the sideline for the team's Week 5 game against the Indianapolis Colts and that move really seems to have been popular with the players. We discuss that and a few things that Graham had to say during his Monday press conference.

After finally getting through the all-22 tape from the Steelers' Week 5 home win against the Colts, Alex and I give our thoughts on what we observed from the offense, defense, and special teams units.

This 81-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above, and we end the show by answering several listener emails.

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October 13, 2026 -

For Episode 2,049 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney is glad to see Elandon Roberts back in a Steelers uniform, even if it's the practice squad.

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October 12, 2026 -

For Episode 2,048 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle is impressed with what the Steelers' 2026 rookie class has offered the team so far.

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October 12, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 34 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' 34-22 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday to move to 3-2 on the season.

Alex and I discuss the team's perceived health coming out of its fifth regular-season game and that includes the team losing two wide receivers, Roman Wilson (finger) and Ben Skowronek (calf) during their Sunday contest. We discuss what the loss of two more wide receivers might mean for the offense.

The Steelers Sunday inactive list included seven players, so we go over those that were listed in addition to discussing the transactions that the team made on Saturday.

Sunday was a very productive and historic day for Steelers RB Jaylen Warren, so Alex and I make sure he gets plenty of praise for his play on Sunday against the Colts.

The Steelers’ offense really looked good overall against the Colts, so we start on that side of the football as part of our game recap. We discuss the play of the offensive line, the blocking from the wide receivers, key throws made by QB Aaron Rodgers, and the play of TE Pat Freiermuth. The Steelers posted a lot of YAC on offense against the Colts so we discuss how that played a huge part in Sunday's win.

While the Steelers certainly played well enough defensively on Sunday to win, they still allowed the Colts offense to register a fair share of explosive plays. The unit did, however, accomplish the main goal of limiting Colts RB Jonathan Taylor on Sunday and that played a huge part in the win. We make sure to go over the great play of several players on defense against the Colts and make sure to go over the decision to have DC Patrick Graham on the sideline for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.

The Steelers' special teams play against the Colts wasn’t particularly good overall. Alex and I discuss the good, bad and ugly from Sunday’s game when it comes to that phase of the team.

The Steelers are reportedly bringing ILB Elandon Roberts to Pittsburgh this week with the possibility that he might be signed back to the roster. We go over that exciting Monday morning news during this show.

This 72-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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October 11, 2026 -

For Episode 2,047 on this Sunday morning, Dr. Melanie Friedlander talks about why the progressive growth of Steelers WR Roman Wilson is one of the biggest positives on the offense four games into the season.

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October 10, 2026 -

For Episode 2,046 on this Saturday afternoon, Chris Gates discusses the upcoming four-game stretch on the Steelers' schedule and how important it is for the rest of the season.

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October 9, 2026 -

For Episode 2,045 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff explains why Roman Wilson and Germie Bernard give him hope in the wake of Michael Pittman Jr. 's injury.

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October 9, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 33 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers' Thursday injury report ahead of the team's Week 5 home game against the Indianapolis Colts. We go over the step backwards with WR Michael Pittman Jr. (foot), the step forward of S DeShon Elliott (knee) and RB Rico Dowdle (toe), and how Saturday's transactions should give us better clarity as to what the Steelers' Sunday inactive list might look like.

Steelers HC Mike McCarthy met the media again on Thursday, so Alex and I briefly go over a few things he said during that recent press conference. We also cover a few things that several Steelers' players have said this past week.

With the news of Mike Ditka passing away on Friday morning breaking during this show, Alex and I make sure to pay our respects to him. We also discuss the chances of Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield returning from his injury for the Week 6 game against the Steelers.

With the Week 5 home game against the Colts coming up on Sunday, Alex and I are joined by Nathan Brown, who covers Indianapolis for the Indy Star at indystar.com. Nathan provides his insight into the 2026 Colts ahead of the game and answers several questions we have about the Indianapolis ownership, offense and defense. At the end of our interview, Nathan provides us with a final score prediction for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.

If you aren't already doing so, please follow Nathan on X at @By_NathanBrown and read his online work here as well.

Following our interview with Nathan, Alex and I provide our own full preview of the Steelers' game against the Colts.

With the rest of Week 5 now close, Alex and I pick the remaining games against the spread. We also provide our final score predictions for the Steelers-Colts game.

This 107-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above, and we end the show by answering several listener emails.

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October 8, 2026 -

For Episode 2,044 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney says the Michael Pittman Jr. trade and extension is looking like a massive swing and miss early from Omar Khan.

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