The Terrible Podcast — Our 2026 Final Mock Draft Recaps, McCarthy Presser, Pre-Draft Predictions & More

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The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

April 22, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 124 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday morning show, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Tuesday press conference that Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike McCarthy took part in. We go over the notable things that McCarthy had to say about players on the roster, the team's offseason plans and schedules, and much more. After recapping McCarthy's Tuesday presser, Alex and I then conduct full recaps of our final 2026 mock drafts for the Steelers. We go over each one of our 12 selections in our final mock drafts and reasons why we made every week. This segment of the Wednesday show is quite lengthy. After our final mock drafts are fully recapped, Alex and I attempt to answer several questions related to the 2026 NFL Draft ahead of it getting started in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Alex and I discuss some of our overarching thoughts on the draft that are related to the Steelers and what we both hope ultimately happens. We also address several of the potential trade possibilities related to the Steelers as well. This 140-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap above and we end this show by answering several email questions we received from listeners. 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 lit talking Steelers.
0:17.3	And now, here's Dave and Alex.
0:26.8	Okay. And now, here's Dave and Alex. Welcome to the Terrible Podcast, Season 16, episode 124.
0:32.3	He's Dave, Brian.
0:33.3	I'm Alex Kizora, Stealers Depot.com.
0:36.3	Thanks for being back with us this Wednesday Steelers Nation, Dave.
0:39.7	It is draftee, the 2026 NFL draft kicking off on Thursday, our final terrible podcast before the picks start rolling in.
0:49.9	So it's been a long couple of months here, a lot going on for Pittsburgh, a coaching change, staffing change, a little different way doing business this year.
0:58.5	But the draft is finally here. Dave, how you doing?
1:01.3	Oh, I'm doing great, especially now that my one and only mock draft is that painful.
1:08.1	It is.
1:09.1	It is. It is. It is.
1:09.7	It is. It is. It just is It is. It is. It just is.
1:11.5	Because, you know, and I was, oh, boy, for one thing, here's the hope in this team don't
1:17.7	have 12 picks anymore going forward.
1:22.3	That's five more than the normal seven if you're scoring at home there.
1:27.1	And I all, I don't know why.
1:29.4	I always try to make, I was telling my wife this last night after I finally laid down
1:35.7	in bed last night much later than I normally have been lately.
1:40.4	It's such a fruitless exercise that she says, is the phenomenon behind it i said i don't know
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