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August 31, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 16 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 establishing their initial 53-man roster for the 2026 season on Sunday.

Alex and I make sure to discuss the surprising release of ILB Elandon Roberts on Sunday in addition to the Steelers trading OT Broderick Jones and RB Kaleb Johnson. We also go over the removal of CB Joey Porter Jr. from the Active/PUP list on Sunday as well as the team placing S DeShon Elliott and OL Jack Driscoll on the Reserve/Injured list as designated to return players.

Rookie undrafted free agent DL Kevin Jobity Jr. made the initial 53-man roster on Sunday, so Alex and I discuss that accomplishment and it being a bit of a surprise. We also discuss whether Jobity might wind up on the practice squad by Week 1 should the Steelers not need to move DL Sebastian Joseph-Day to the Reserve/Injured list.

The Steelers ultimately kept all four quarterbacks on their initial 53-man roster, so we discuss that in addition to three other NFL teams keeping four quarterbacks as well.

Will the Steelers add a veteran safety to their 53-man roster in the coming days? What about another tackle? Alex and I address those two questions during this show.

The Steelers will now start the process of putting their initial practice squad together, so Alex and I discuss a few players that figure to land on that part of the team that were jettisoned on Sunday.

This 72-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above.

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August 30, 2026 -

For Episode 2,005 on this Sunday afternoon, Dr. Melanie Friedlander shares her thoughts on the Joey Porter Jr contract standoff and why she thinks things are headed in the right direction.

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August 29, 2026 -

For Episode 2,004 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark explains his thought process when it comes to the Steelers potentially keeping four quarterbacks on the active roster.

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August 28, 2026 -

For Episode 2,003 on this Friday afternoon, Jake Brockhoff gives his biggest takeaways from the Steelers' three games of preseason action.

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Aug. 28 – Ep. 113: For today's episode, Joe Clark and Ross McCorkle review the Steelers' full preseason after Thursday's loss to the Bills in the finale. We discuss a number of topics including the play of WIll Howard and Drew Allar, Kaden Wetjen's uneven performances, Germie Bernard, and more.

Next, we discuss the latest with Joey Porter Jr.'s contract negotations and make our predictions on what will ultimately happen.

For the last topic, we discuss various roster battles including the starting right tackle position at length.

To wrap up the show, we answer two listener questions about keeping four quarterbacks and the logic behind rostering Travis Homer.

Thank you for joining us for this 50-minute episode, and we hope to see your thoughts in the comment section.

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August 28, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 15 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the preseason finale that the Pittsburgh Steelers played Thursday night against the Buffalo Bills. We go over several players sitting out the preseason finale in addition to giving our initial overviews and main takeaways from that road loss to the Bills.

The Steelers restructured the contract of WR DK Metcalf since our last show, so Alex and I go over the details related to that transaction. We also discuss how the Metcalf restructure is any sort of guarantee that the team will soon sign CB Joey Porter Jr. to a contract extension and why that is.

Steelers HC Mike McCarthy gave us a few things to talk about during his Thursday night postgame press conference, so Alex and I pick over those replies. We obviously focus in on what McCarthy said Thursday night about the possibility of all four quarterbacks ultimately making the 53-man roster come Sunday night.

Could the apparent head injury that QB Will Howard sustained Thursday night lead to him being placed on the Reserve/Injured list to start the season? We go over the plausibility of that happening and whether we think it ultimately will.

Are DT Sebastian Joseph-Day and S Jaquan Brisker each a candidate to start the regular season on the Reserve/Injured list? We entertain that question during this show as well.

As usual, Alex and I give our initial thoughts on the play of several Steelers players in the team's preseason loss to the Bills. We start with the quarterback play Thursday night of Howard and Drew Allar and go from there. We discuss all of the offensive position groups and that includes discussing the play of rookie OT Max Iheanachor against the Bills. Has he given himself a chance at being the Week 1 starting right tackle? We attempt to answer that question.

Alex and I also go over the play of several players on the defensive side of the football from Thursday night. We go over a few roster spot battles on defense. We also make sure to talk about some special teams play from Thursday night and we make sure to highlight the punt return for a touchdown by Kaden Wetjen as part of that discussion.

The Steelers will need to set their initial 53-man roster by Sunday night so ahead of that happening, Alex and I give previews of what are final predictions will look like.

We discuss how several final roster spots could go in various directions and especially if any players go to the Reserve/Injured list that could put a fly in the prediction ointment.

Alex and I talk a little bit more about the latest on Porter Jr. and his contract negotiations ahead of the Steelers having until Sunday evening to remove him from the Active/PUP list.

This 118-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we make sure to answer several listener emails to close out this show.

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August 27, 2026 -

For Episode 2,002 on this Thursday afternoon, Josh Carney highlights the one position battle he’s watching closely Thursday night.

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August 26, 2026 -

For Episode 2,001 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses the state of the Steelers' situation with CB Joey Porter Jr. and how things are getting interesting in a hurry.

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August 26, 2026 -

Season 17, Episode 14 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing latest transactions made by the Pittsburgh Steelers. We also go over the known health of the team as they prepare to play their 2026 preseason finale on Thursday night against the Buffalo Bills.

With there being a lot of rumblings concerning Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. over the last few days, and especially with some of those coming from mainstream NFL insiders, Alex and I take a deeper dive into his situation. We discuss how this coming Sunday is a big day when it comes to Porter and mainly due to him still being listed on the Active/PUP list. We discuss how far away the Steelers might be from getting a contract extension done with Porter at this point and if there are any chances that team could ultimately trade him.

After thoroughly discussing the situation with Porter, Alex and I talk about a few players that seem to be on the proverbial roster bubble heading into the team's preseason finale.

With both of us having now completed our latest 53-man roster predictions as of Wednesday morning, we go over each of them. We discuss the few differences that we have with our roster predictions and why.

Alex and I start winding down this episode by going over several players and things we think deserve being watched closely Thursday night in the preseason finale against the Bills.

This 97-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above.

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August 25, 2026 -

For Episode 2,000 on this Tuesday afternoon, Josh Carney says both sides in the Steelers-Joey Porter Jr. contract saga need to show a willingness to work together to get a deal done.

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