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Oct 14, 2026
Wes UhlerHOST
It is hour number two of The Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio, the Steelers Audio Network.
Wes UhlerHOST
And to the phone lines we go to get all of the latest moving and shaking from the South Side with, of course, our buddy Mike DeFabo covers the Pittsburgh Steelers for The Athletic.
Wes UhlerHOST
Mike, thanks for taking the time as always.
Wes UhlerHOST
We just saw...
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Mike DeFaboGUEST
You know, Samuel, you know, if you're talking about playing the Bengals and trying to figure out who's going to match up against Tee Higgins, you know, maybe it is Daylon Everett because Daylon is, you know, more physical, you know, toolsy type of athlete, whereas Samuel maybe has a little bit more of the veteran savvy to his game.
Mike DeFaboGUEST
But I like what I've seen out of Everett, and I would love to see him, you know, maybe sooner than later, like you're talking about, take stranglehold on that starting position.
Wes UhlerHOST
A couple more minutes here with Mike DeFabo of the athletic.
Wes UhlerHOST
He joins us on the drive.
Wes UhlerHOST
We will, of course, have Around Campus today.
Wes UhlerHOST
We're gonna talk to our buddy Mike DeFabo, a whole bunch to get into, uh, on the, uh, on the drive here this afternoon and into the evening.
Wes UhlerHOST
Matt, I want to start, though, I guess it is kind of piggybacking off of, uh, a topic that we've kicked around plenty this week already.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
Okay.
Jenna HarnerHOST
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Jenna HarnerHOST
He is Steelers beat writer for the athletic Mike DeFabo.
Jenna HarnerHOST
I'm Jenna Harner from WPXI Channel 11 here in Pittsburgh.
Jenna HarnerHOST
And Mike, it is week six.
Philly GHOST
Also, speaking of IR, Deshaun Elliott starts his 21-day window.
Philly GHOST
He, not to jump ahead of myself here, He is not going to be playing this week, but the goal is, or the rumors from Mike DeFabo, is that the goal will be the Saints.
Philly GHOST
The Saints game in Paris is when they're going to hopefully have him ready and active and bumping to go.
Philly GHOST
And I have to agree with the thought process to not start him right now because the last thing you want is to rush this guy back in, he re-aggravates something, and then we're back to square one.
Alex KozoraHOST
Does not seem like he's going to be ready for the Colts game.
Alex KozoraHOST
Report from Mike DeFabo that says the team might be targeting a Week 7 return.
Alex KozoraHOST
return, which is the Paris game against the Saints.
Alex KozoraHOST
So it could mean that Elliott warms up and practices this week.
Eric BalkmanHOST
Speaking of turf toe, let's talk about another turf toe out in Pittsburgh.
Eric BalkmanHOST
Mike DeFabo, who is one of the Steelers beat writers, reported on X that Rico Dowdle got in a limited practice today.
Eric BalkmanHOST
He was also limited yesterday, Corbin.
Eric BalkmanHOST
No official injury status yet, but he's probably going to be questionable.
Ross McCorkleHOST
Deshaun Elliott, uh, 21 day window open today.
Ross McCorkleHOST
However, there was a report, I believe from the athletics, Mike DeFabo, that the target is a week seven return.
Ross McCorkleHOST
And so he's eligible to return this week if he was healthy, uh, But it sounds like that's not going to be the case, and that's pretty disappointing for a player who said he was 100%.
Ross McCorkleHOST
He played in one of the preseason games, and then they said he was feeling it.
Zachary SmithHOST
Now, that doesn't mean he's going to play this week.
Zachary SmithHOST
As a matter of fact, a friend of the program, Mike Defabo, actually put out that he's heard that the r- target return date would be that game in Paris that we talked about.
Zachary SmithHOST
Um, so what do we make of this? Not saying for sure that that's going to be the case, um, but you know, giving Mike a shout-out there for what he's heard.
Zachary SmithHOST
Um, what do we make to this, certainly 24 hours after we said it was interesting that the 21-day window wasn't open, 'cause we expected it to be? Now it does open.
Jenna HarnerHOST
I'm Jenna Harner from WPXI.
Jenna HarnerHOST
He is Steelers beat writer for The Athletic, Mike DeFabo.
Jenna HarnerHOST
Mike, at the quarter point of the season, the quarter pole, if you will, the Steelers sit here at two and two, but I think we'd be remiss if we didn't start by talking about the Joey Porter Jr. trade, the saga, everything you wanna call it, has officially come to an end in the early morning of Thursday ahead of the Browns game, the Thursday Night Football game.
Jenna HarnerHOST
The Steelers sending Joey Porter Jr. to Dallas in exchange for a 2028 second round pick and a 2027 sixth, or sorry, 2027 sixth round pick.
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Jenna HarnerHOST
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Mike DeFaboHOST
Welcome back to The Insiders podcast.
Mike DeFaboHOST
I'm Mike DeFabo, joined right now with James Boyd, who covers the Colts for The Athletic.
Mike DeFaboHOST
James, thank you so much for joining us.
Wes UhlerHOST
And of course, it is different, but it's kinda fun.
Wes UhlerHOST
It's just a different tone to, uh, to start the show here, and I enjoy it, and we always enjoy catching up with our buddy Mike DeFabo of The Athletic.
Wes UhlerHOST
Mike, plenty that we wanna get to with you.
Wes UhlerHOST
Thank you for taking the time as always.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
Mm-hmm
Mike DeFaboGUEST
... see what he can do.
Wes UhlerHOST
Mike DeFabo of The Athletic with us here on The Drive.
Wes UhlerHOST
Uh, Mike, uh, unfortunate news for Derek Harmon.
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