The Terrible Podcast — Smith Cut, Rodgers On McAfee, Willis Contract Value, Kozora FA Wish List & More

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The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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March 6, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 102 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 officially parting ways with TE Jonnu Smith on Wednesday. We review what went wrong during Smith's one season in Pittsburgh and possibly why. Will the steelers cut ILB Malik Harrison prior to Wednesday and they don't, does that mean he is sure to be on the 53-man roster in 2026? We address his situation with the start of the 2026 league year getting close. QB Aaron Rodgers was a guest on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, so Alex and I recap all that the veteran quarterback said and didn’t say during that long appearance. We go over Rodgers not yet making his decision on his 2026 status and what all he hoped to accomplish as part of his Wednesday interview. We also review what Rodgers had to say on Wednesday about new Steelers HC Mike McCarthy and QB Will Howard during his long interview. Should we be concerned if Rodgers hasn’t made his thoughts known for 2026 by Monday, or Wednesday? Alex and I discuss that aspect of this second waiting game with the veteran quarterback. Will the Steelers show any interest in possibly signing soon-to-be free agent QB Malik Willis next week? As we wait for the answer to that question, Alex and I discuss the perceived market value of Willis based on a recent projection by former NFL agent Joel Corry of CBS Sports. On the heels of Alex releasing his free agent wish list for the Steelers for 2026, we go over all of his choices. We discuss the projected market prices for several of the players on his list and I add in the few other free agent players I think the Steelers should pursue starting next week. Late in this Friday show, Alex and I get the news that the Steelers have their first pre-draft visitor, former Miami OT Markel Bell, in for the 2026 offseason. We make sure to review that news in addition to the Friday morning news of the Las Vegas Raiders planning to cut QB Geno Smith next week. This 108-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the above recap and we end this episode by answering several emails we have received from listeners. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	terrible podcast with your host from stealers depot dot com where you can find all your latest and greatest Steelers
0:39.9	news. It's Dave Brian and Alex Kazoro. Always Lynn talking Steelers. And now, here's Dave and Alex.
0:53.1	Welcome to the Terrible Podcast,
0:59.7	Season 16, episode 102.
1:03.0	He's Day, Brian.
1:04.0	I'm Alex Kizora.
1:05.8	Steelers Depot.com.
1:07.4	Thanks for being back with us this Friday, Steelers Nation.
1:10.5	Final weekend before the start of the legal tampering period in the 2026 season and offseason and free agency all underway on the other side of the weekend.
1:21.4	So the calm before the storm, Pittsburgh making some move.
1:24.8	Moves Aaron Rogers speaking for the first time. No decision final.
1:28.6	So a lot happening, even though all the action will really take place on Monday.
1:33.7	Dave, how you doing?
1:34.4	All right.
1:34.8	Happy Friday.
1:35.5	You know how you can tell the star of the new league year is right around the corner?
1:40.7	How is that?
1:41.8	The Cleveland Brown's restructured to Sean Watson again. Oh, did they? I didn't even know they did. Yeah. Yeah. That's starting to come out the annual restructuring of the Sean Watson contract to kick the can further on down down the road there.
2:01.2	He was like Bobby Biniaday.
2:02.6	This is the day.
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