The Terrible Podcast — Talking Rodgers' Presser, Watt's Absence, Steelers Defensive Coaches' Comments & More

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The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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June 11, 2025 - Season 15, Episode 146 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers starting their 2025 mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. We go over the absence of Steelers OLB T.J. Watt for minicamp and the relation that has to his contract extension negotiations. We discuss whether Watt's minicamp absence is a big deal, what he's likely angling for, and the possibility that he might ultimately hold out at training camp if he doesn’t sign a contract extension by then. We also talk about how we still both expect Watt to sign an extension but that it might not get done for several more weeks. New Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers took part in his first practice with his new team on Tuesday, so Alex and I discuss that major event. Rodgers also met with the local media for the first time on Tuesday, so Alex and I make sure to parse out everything he said during that 15-minute session. Steelers HC Mike Tomlin also talked briefly on Tuesday, so we hit on a few key things he said after the first minicamp practice concluded. The finer details related to Rodgers' one-year contract are now known, so Alex and I go over those incentives and what his 2025 salary cap charge is scheduled to be. We also go over the Steelers' 2025 salary cap and cash spending situation now that Rodgers has signed his deal. All of the Steelers position coaches on the defensive side of the football talked to the media on Tuesday so Alex and I recap the most notable things to come out of those sessions. We do the same for defensive coordinator Teryl Austin and special teams coordinator Danny Smith as well as both also met with the media on Tuesday. A few comments from a few coaches on the offensive side of the football surfaced Wednesday morning during our show so Alex and I make sure to cover a few of those. This 80-minute episode also discusses several other minor topics not noted in the recap. We end this show by answering several emails we received from listeners of the show. 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.
0:11.3	It's Dave Brian and Alex Kazoro.
0:14.4	Always lit talking Steelers.
0:17.3	And now, here's Dave and Alex.
0:27.0	Hey, And now, here's Dave and Alex. Welcome to the terrible podcast, season 15, episode 146.
0:32.6	He's Dave Brian. I'm Alex Kizora.
0:35.1	Stealers Depot.com.
0:37.0	Thanks for being back with us this Wednesday
0:38.9	Steelers Nation. And Dave, Tuesday felt a little surreal in some sense. Aaron Rogers' first
0:44.1	practice in Pittsburgh spoke to the media for the first time day one and May camp wrapping up
0:49.1	day two underway. Wednesday. Pittsburgh will hold their final session Thursday before
0:53.7	their summer break.
0:55.2	So plenty to talk about Aaron Rogers, Science Heel delivered, speaking to the media,
1:00.2	out there practicing. How you doing, Dave?
1:02.4	Yeah, good morning. Happy Wednesday to you. Happy Wednesday to all the listeners as well, too.
1:07.0	Yeah, it was a little bit surreal. We talked about this going all the way back to uh march uh whatever uh
1:16.0	about the possibility of uh erin rogers landing and thinking it would ultimately get done and it gets done and
1:23.1	you still it's still uh you still got a kind of process seeing it in your head all those videos and
1:30.7	and uh pictures of uh him out there in that white practice jersey with the number eight on it
1:37.0	with a steelers helmet on and uh just things that you never would have thought that you would
1:42.9	have uh saw uh saw several years ago.
1:46.8	So I think a lot of people at this point, including myself, are the reality is finally hitting that he's going to be this team's quarterback moving forward into 2025 and gave a gave his first
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