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DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: The tackle solution?

DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK Pittsburgh Sports

Hockey, Steelers, Penguins, Football, Nfl, Matt Williamson, Nhl, Pittsburgh, Mlb, Baseball, Dejan Kovacevic, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports, Pirates

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Is Calvin Anderson really the tackle solution? Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's Daily Shots of Steelers, Penguins and Pirates -- three separate podcasts -- every weekday morning on the DK Pittsburgh Sports podcasting network, available on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/dkpghsports

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0:00.0

Calvin Anderson was brought back on a two-year contract yesterday.

0:12.9

I am not here to make a big deal out of that, but I might make a big deal of something related.

0:19.2

Might.

0:19.9

Good morning to you. Good Tuesday morning. I'm Dan Kovachvich of

0:22.9

D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Steelers. It comes your way bright and early every

0:28.8

weekday. If you're into hockey and or baseball, I also offer daily shots of penguins and pirates

0:35.9

in the same place that you've found this.

0:38.5

Anderson appeared in four regular season games last season, both as a swing tackle and as a member of the special teams.

0:50.2

He also appeared in the playoff loss in Baltimore.

0:54.7

More relevant, he's played 50 NFL games over five seasons.

1:01.5

So he's been there.

1:04.0

He's gotten on the field with the Broncos.

1:06.1

He's gotten on the field with the Patriots.

1:07.9

And he's gotten on the field at least a little bit with the Steelers.

1:11.3

So it's not nothing.

1:12.8

And if it was nothing, meaning if they were just bringing back somebody because whatever,

1:18.5

he's a useful spare part that you'll eventually shove out of training camp, you don't do it with a two-year contract.

1:25.9

That's your strongest possible sign that the Steelers like this player, believe in this

1:30.3

player, and what it is that he can do.

1:34.3

I am not feeling this as some sort of significant solution to what still looms, I believe, as the Steelers' largest problem entering the

1:50.9

2025 NFL season. With all due respect to all the discussion and debate that we have about

1:56.7

the quarterback position, other positions that we bring up on a regular basis.

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