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The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast — Steelers Vs Bears Preview, Injury Reports, Coordinator Pressers, Week 12 Picks & More

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

November 21, 2025 - Season 16, Episode 53 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Friday morning episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers as they prepare to play the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field. Alex and I start this show by looking at the Steelers’ Thursday injury report and specifically, what the current outlook is for QB Aaron Rodgers, RB Jaylen Warren, and OLB Alex Highsmith. We discuss the contraption that Rodgers wore on his injured left wrist on Thursday and he reportedly looked as a limited practice participant. We move forward from Pittsburgh's injury report heading into Friday to look briefly at the injured players that Chicago is currently dealing with. 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. We discuss Smith possibly adding a wrinkle to the team's version of the tush push, how he feels about using RB Jaylen Warren and RB Kenneth Gainwell in any situation, and what it would take for rookie RB Kaleb Johnson to get more touches moving forward. As for Austin's Thursday comments, we discuss what he had to say about CB Cory Trice Jr. now being out for the rest of the season. We also talk about what Austin had to say about OLB Nick Herbig and OLB Jack Sawyer. We also go over Austin's thoughts on preparing to defend against Bears QB Caleb Williams on Sunday in Chicago. We welcome Adam Hoge of All City as a first timer to the show on Friday, and he helps us preview the Steelers-Bears game. Hoge has covered the Bears for many seasons, and he certainly knows that team inside and out. We get his thoughts on several things related to the Sunday afternoon game in Chicago and that includes his analysis of Williams and new HC Ben Johnson. Adam fills us in on the Bears’ injuries, how CB Jaylon Johnson might be back this week and the impact that could potentially have. We also get his thoughts on Rodgers potentially playing on Sunday against the Bears, a team that he has a lot of history and success against dating back to when he was the longtime quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. Adam talks about the Bears’ offense and defense quite a bit in this interview, and we get his not-yet-set-in-stone prediction for the Sunday game at the end of the interview. If not already doing so, make sure to follow Adam on X/Twitter at @adamhoge and make sure to read his work here: https://allchgo.com/author/hogejahnsauthor/. After finishing with Hoge, Alex and I provide our own preview of the Steelers-Bears game. We break down what we are looking for out of each team on both sides of the football Sunday afternoon. Alex and I then give our picks against the spread for the remainder of the Week 12 NFL games provided by show sponsor MyBookie.ag. We also give our final score predictions for the Steelers-Bears game. This 135-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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0:32.6

terrible podcast with your host from steelers depot dot com where you can find all your latest and greatest Steelers news.

0:41.3

It's Dave Brian and Alex Kazoro.

0:44.4

Always Lynn talking Steelers.

0:47.4

And now, here's Dave and Alex.

0:56.8

Welcome to the Terrible Podcast, season 16, episode 53.

1:02.1

He's Dave Brian.

1:03.1

I'm Alex Kizora.

1:04.5

Stealers Depot.com.

1:06.4

Thanks for being back with us this Friday.

1:08.5

Steelers Nation Day of getting ready for week 12 already underway after the Thursday night game last night.

1:14.0

Pittsburgh will travel to Chicago to play the Bears Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

1:19.9

So an interesting game there with an opponent we don't often get to see or discuss.

1:24.6

And of course still wondering and waiting on official word of who will start a quarterback for

1:29.0

Pittsburgh in this game. Aaron Rogers or Mason Goff seems to be trending towards Aaron Rogers,

1:34.3

but no official determination has been made as of Friday morning. So Dave, how you doing?

1:39.2

Oh, happy Friday. It's raining out here in Vegas. It's been raining last several days unusual for this

1:45.5

for out here. But yeah, doing fine otherwise and getting ready to and looking forward to

1:53.1

seeing this game against the Chicago Bears. We don't get to cover a lot of Steeders Bears matchups

1:58.5

obviously because of the rotating schedule, and specifically

2:02.1

Steers playing in Chicago is something we don't get to see a lot on top of it.

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