{"id":765547,"date":"2026-02-20T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765547\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:21:18","slug":"mccarthy-talks-will-howard-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765547\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Talks, Will Howard Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-podcasts\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Podcasts &amp; Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/maxresdefault-5-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"steelers\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest Steelers news and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode, we discuss what a reasonable expectation is for QB Will Howard and how we got to the point where the hype is off the rails, given what the team invested in him. What is the most likely outcome? We also discuss what Mike McCarthy had to say about landing the position at his age, Aaron Rodges and the idea of the team returning to Saint Vincent College for training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go for another Steelers Afternoon Drive and discuss all this!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the show on our YouTube page, or find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5Ulf8FrtrGHlXnmnRNt8aU?si=f57b464e845d463f\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Megaphone<\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Got a question for the guys? Leave a comment on YouTube, here on the website, or find them on Twitter at @ASaunders_PGH and @ZacharySmithPGH<\/p>\n<p>Hey fans! We want to see your black and gold rides! Show us your car, truck or van that\u2019s painted in Pittsburgh colors, decorated with logos or Terrible Towels, covered in bumper stickers, or uses some other way to show off your dedication to the Black and Gold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCp1iAMIfmmgWewzJ07_Y7oA\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Steelers-Now-SN.jpeg\" alt=\"Steelers Now Youtube\" class=\"wp-image-44300\"  \/><\/a>Click to check out more from Alan Saunders and the gang on the SN YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-afternoon-drive\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SteelersAfternoonDrive_Primary_OnYellowz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44646\"  \/><\/a>Click for full archives of the Steelers Afternoon Drive with Alan Saunders and Zachary Smith.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-afternoon-drive\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Afternoon Drive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers Podcasts &amp; Video Welcome to the Steelers Afternoon Drive, our new daily podcast featuring all the latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2360,426,15706,2395],"class_list":{"0":"post-765547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","13":"tag-steelers","14":"tag-steelers-afternoon-drive","15":"tag-steelers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116105529928084941","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}