Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest Steelers news and analysis.

Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers.

On today’s episode, we discuss what Mike Tomlin had to say in regard to injury updates, Scotty Miller playing over Roman Wilson and him feeling like he’s always on the hot seat. We also discuss if Adam Thielen and MVS (despite not having the production to show for it) opened up the passing offense for the Steelers.

Let’s go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this!

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According to Aaron Wilson, the Vikings are signing LB Josh Ross to their practice squad on Tuesday.

Minnesota hosted Ross for a tryout earlier today and was impressed enough to quickly sign him to a contract.

Ross, 26, originally signed on with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan in 2022. He bounced on and off Baltimore’s practice squad in 2023 but was among their final roster cuts coming out of the preseason in 2024.

He returned to Baltimore’s practice squad but was cut loose during the season and claimed by the Seahawks, where he finished out...

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay had a tough loss in Week 14, losing to the Saints at home to go into a tie atop the NFC South with the Panthers. Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles isn’t looking for sympathy and knows they need to put this game behind them to finish the season strong.

“We lost yesterday, and we’ve got to get over it,” Bowles said, via Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press. *“We’ve got to be big boys, we’ve got to get over it and own what we did, and we’ve got to get better at things we need to get...

Entering the NFL Week 15 schedule with a 4-9 record, in third place of the AFC North, is not where the Cincinnati Bengals thought they’d be. The truth is, this season hasn’t gone according to plan for many of the team’s top talents, just ask Joe Burrow, who had to miss nine games due to injury.

But he’s not alone.

First-team All-Pro pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson has also had a season to forget. He’s recorded just four sacks after leading the NFL with 17.5 a season ago. Though, the four-time Pro Bowler has also only played in seven of the team’s...

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 15 matchup with the Miami Dolphins will be refereed by Land Clark. His crew has called the second-fewest penalties in the NFL this season at 129, per nflpenalties.com. Clark ranks just ahead of referee Brad Allen, who, along with his crew, has only called 105 penalties this season. Clark didn’t work […]

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Buffalo Bills star receiver Khalil Shakir is impressed with the New England Patriots and how they play football.

The Bills are set to go on the road to play the Patriots on Sunday in Week 15 NFL action, which is a pivotal AFC East matchup.

New England can clinch the division with a win, which would be a major turnaround in Mike Vrabel’s first year as the Patriots’ head coach. Shakir believes that is a key reason for New England’s success as Vrabel has them playing sound football.

“They just play sound football,” Shakir said in a one-on-one interview to...

Dan Orlovsky is not as enthused with Philip Rivers’ return as some fans are. While the ESPN analyst respected someone he deemed a future Hall of Famer, he added that the Indianapolis Colts would be best suited starting Riley Leonard at quarterback in Week 15.

Leonard, a sixth-round rookie, came in for relief of Daniel Jones in the Colts’ 36-29 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. He was impressive in moments and is tentatively listed atop the team’s updated depth chart, but is also dealing with a PCL sprain.

Orlovsky still believes that Leonard should be the team’s [Week 15 starting...

The Atlanta Falcons recently dropped to 4-9 on the 2025 NFL season with a blowout home loss to the Seattle Seahawks. With that result, the Falcons were officially eliminated from playoff contention this year, despite the NFC South being far and away the worst division in the entire NFL.

On Sunday, not much of anything went right for Atlanta, but special teams in particular were a disaster, as the Falcons had a field goal blocked and also a kickoff returned for a touchdown.

This has led some to call for the job of Falcons special teams coordinator Marquice Williams, but...

Mike Tomlin holds his press conference early in the week before each game, breaking down what happened the previous weekend and focusing on the upcoming one. While we write about the most notable things Tomlin had to say in separate articles, we’ll throw in a couple of smaller nuggets of information in this post—a one-stop […]

Bengals

Bengals QB Joe Burrow isn’t ready to throw in the towel on the season, but after missing multiple games and the team suffering unfortunate injuries, he’s taking a realistic approach to where they’re at with four games left.

“That’s been a struggle for the past couple of years, but I’ve grown and matured and understood the position we find ourselves in,” Burrow said, via The Athletic. “*Certainly, the last two weeks has shown me a lot. I’m just happy to be out there. We want to win games and be in the playoffs and do everything that we...

After a two-game run as their kicker, the 49ers announced that they have released Matt Gay from their practice squad. The team also parted with taxi squad quarterback Adrian Martinez.

Gay began the season with Washington, which cut him after he converted just 13 of 19 field goals in 10 games. The 31-year-old quickly caught on with the 49ers, who needed a temporary replacement for the injured Eddy Pineiro. Gay went on to perform well for San Francisco, hitting all four field goals and each of his four extra points in a pair of victories.

The 49ers will now...