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The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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January 9, 2026 - Season 16, Episode 75 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the latest news concerning the Pittsburgh Steelers as they prepare to play the Houston Texans on Monday night in a home Wild Card game. Alex and I discuss the recent practice squad move made by the Steelers in addition to the team's injury report that was released on Thursday. We also go over the injury situation with the Texans as of Thursday. Steelers OC Arthur Smith will interview with the Tennessee Titans for their open head coaching job, so Alex and I make sure to address that news thoroughly. Is Smith prime head coach material right now? Will he ultimately land a second head coaching job this offseason? We attempt to answer those questions in this show. We also address some potential successors to Smith should he wind out being hired away from the Steelers this offseason. Might Steelers S DeShon Elliott be able to return from his injury should the team advance deeper into the playoffs? We go over the possibility of that happening and the latest Instagram post made by Elliott. How important is Steelers QB Aaron Rosdgers to the team heading into the playoffs and how much of an advantage will he having played the Texans last season as a member of the New York Jets matter come Monday night? We address that question and go over a few things Rodgers said on Thursday to the media. On Thursday, we once again heard from two of the Steelers' coordinators, Arthur Smith and Teryl Austin, so Alex and I recap the main talking points to come out of those media sessions. There's not a lot to chew on from those two once again this week, but we tackle the most notable comments from both, ahead of the Monday night game against the Texans. Steelers HC Mike Tomlin was on The Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday, so Alex and I go over the key things he had to say during that interview. Alex and I then give our picks against the spread for all of the NFL Wild Card NFL games provided by show sponsor MyBookie.ag. We, however, won't be picking the Steelers-Texans game until our Monday show. This 111-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted above and we end this episode by answering several emails 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 Kazura.
0:14.4	Always lit talking Steelers.
0:17.3	And now, here's Dave and Alex.
0:24.6	Thank you. And now, here's Dave and Alex. Welcome to the Terrible Podcast Season 16, episode 75.
0:32.6	He's Dave Brian. I'm Alex Kizora.
0:35.1	Steelers Depot.com. Thanks for being back with us this Friday Steelers Nation, this wildcard weekend, although
0:42.2	the Pittsburgh Steelers will wait until Monday night to play their first round game against
0:46.9	the Houston Texans.
0:48.4	So Dave, a bit lighter, potentially shorter show today, but still some things to talk about,
0:53.7	Dave.
0:53.8	How you doing?
0:54.4	All right. Happy Friday. It's Spaghetti Friday in our household here. So that's good.
1:00.0	Got to enjoy that exciting college football game last night between Ole Miss and Miami.
1:07.0	Got a real good one. Should be a good one tonight with Indiana and Oregon looking
1:11.4	forward to that then looking forward to kind of sit back on Sunday and Saturday and
1:18.2	Sunday and watching the wild card games and then we'll go into Monday night knowing
1:25.9	kind of if the Steelers win who they will play in
1:31.6	potentially the divisional round of the playoffs. So yeah, it's a great time to be alive,
1:36.7	especially with all the good football that looks to be on tap this weekend.
1:40.8	All right, Dave. Let's dive on into the Pittsburgh Steelers. One point of a relatively
1:46.0	minor note, but just to kind of close the loop on Trey Flowers after being waved on Monday to make
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