The Terrible Podcast — Max Iheanachor Selection, Eagles Snatching Makai Lemon, Steelers Day-2 Options & More

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The Terrible Podcast

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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April 24, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 125 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers selecting OT Max Iheanachor out of Arizona State with their first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. We discuss what the Steelers are getting in Iheanachor, his strengths and weaknesses, and how he probably fits in positionally on the offensive line as a rookie. Alex and I discuss what Steelers GM Omar Khan and HC Mike McCarthy both had to say about Iheanachor following the selection of the tackle in the first round. We also discuss whether OT Troy Fautanu will shift over to the left side at some point as well as the future of OT Broderick Jones moving forward into the coming season. The Steelers were poised to select WR Makai Lemon out of USC with their first-round selection and even had him on the phone prior to the Philadelphia Eagles trading ahead of them to snatch the wide receiver before Pittsburgh was officially on the clock. We discuss the overall process that led to Lemon being snaked via a trade with the Dallas Cowboys and how it makes Pittsburgh's front office look bad overall. The Steelers seemed to use most of their clock time before turning in their selection of Iheanachor so we discuss what may have led to that. We talk about the Steelers failing to trade up one spot for Lemon and then apparently not being able to trade back in the first round after the Eagles picked the wide receiver. Alex and I discuss the importance of looking at what happened Thursday with separate views as it relates to Iheanachor and the overall process that led to him being their selection. After recapping everything related to the Steelers first round selection on Thursday night, Alex and I go over several possible and realistic Friday night targets for the Steelers in Rounds 2 and 3. We make sure to discuss how both of us would like to see the Steelers trade up on Friday night and thus go get a player or players they really want, and especially after failing to land Lemon in the first round. This 65-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Terrible Podcast with your host from Steelers Depot.com, where you can find all your latest and greatest Steelers News.
0:11.2	It's Dave Brian and Alex Kazoro.
0:14.4	Always Lynn talking Steelers.
0:17.3	And now, here's Dave and Alex.
0:26.8	Thank you. And now, here's Dave and Alex. Welcome to the Terrible Podcast, season 16, episode 125.
0:32.4	He's Dave Brian. I'm Alex Kizora.
0:34.8	Steelers Depot.com.
0:36.6	Thanks for being back with us on this Friday Steelers Station.
0:39.9	Day one of the NFL draft is in the books that Pittsburgh Steelers have their pick.
0:45.2	They stayed at number 21, and they took Arizona State offensive tackle Maxi Haunted Shore,
0:50.6	which says Pittsburgh continues its trend of offensive line heaviness.
0:54.4	This pick coming with unusual controversy after Pittsburgh appeared to also be ready to take USC guard receiver,
1:00.6	McKay Lemon, and we're jumped by the Philadelphia Eagles to take him instead at number 20.
1:06.7	So a lot to talk about today, of course, going to talk about what to expect from Pittsburgh on day two of the draft. So, Dave, how you doing? All right. Happy Friday. Hey, wait a minute. Alex, why is Philly calling me? Oh, my goodness. You had that bit ready to go, didn't you? I sure did. Look, this is going to be quite the interesting episode here.
1:28.2	We'll try to keep it to about an hour.
1:30.7	So maybe a little bit shorter than that.
1:33.2	But there's going to be several different ways to address, you know,
1:39.1	obviously what happened on Thursday night and to pick in and of itself. So I don't know how you want to go about
1:46.5	starting this and, and, you know, we'll talk process and we'll talk the actual pick and the
1:51.3	differences between the two. But yeah, interesting night, Thursday night to say the least.
1:57.7	Held in Pittsburgh record attendance over 320,000 people attending on night one alone,
2:03.5	which is awesome. So let's just start with that really cool night. Weather was great. Picture
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