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Should the Pirates bring back Andrew McCutchen? The franchise legend responded with "Lol" when it was suggested the Pirates don't want to bring him back.

PM Team FULL SHOW 10-2-2025 with Poni and Donny switching roles for the day!

-Donny brings up a Steelers trade rumor. For Jaguars WR Tim Patrick. Most everyone has no idea who that is. Which you would think would make the guys think it would be a big waste of time. However Mullsy LIKES Patrick. Because he put up WR2 stats in Denver. The two agree having this discussion is really just a bad sign for Roman Wilson. -Ray Fittipaldo joins the show. The Steelers insider explains why Roman Wilson cant get out of the doghouse. And gets into why Pat Friermuth is having such a bad season. -TRT: Total Request Thursday. The listeners wanted the guys to talk about the ex-Pirates having success in the playoffs.

-The guys give their Steelers quarter season awards. Aaron Rodgers was not a consensus MVP choice. Metcalf swept offensive player of the year. Mullsy refused to name Broderick Jones the Steelers biggest disappointment. -NFL analyst Steve Palazzolo joined. He says the Ravens are in big trouble. He still thinks the Steelers offense is lacking dynamism. He's a Kenneth Gainwell fan. -Donny Football Debrief. NFL.com ranked Aaron Rodgers as the 15th best QB at the quarter pole. We guess the QBs that the NFL ranked ahead of him.

-Donny and Mullsy keep the baseball talk going with the Tigers-Guardians game getting underway. The two talk about Cleveland being consistently good. And Pittsburgh being consistently bad. It's been that way for a long time. It's pretty depressing. -Bob Pompeani jumped on the show. He detailed his time in Ireland. And gave his thoughts on the state of the Steelers at 3-1. -PM Team Power Rankings. Top 5 scary movies with it being spooky season.

-Poni is producing the show for the 1st time and doing a masterful job. He's making it look quite easy as a matter of fact. Donny is hosting and starts the show by talking about the #1 issue facing the Pirates this offseason: their need for hitting help. And why Mitch Keller is the player that needs traded to get hitting help. Mullsy pontificates about Keller going to a new team and becoming a star. "I need someone here who can hit." Mullsy he used the word "WAR" more than time in his life. -Calls are supposed to be on the Pirates but the show has already gone off the rails. -Jason Mackey, PG Pirates writer joined the show. He thinks the Pirates payroll will be around $90 million. He was surprised that Ben Cherington was retained. The Pirates want to get rid of Mitch Keller because he's not good enough to justify his salary. Jason reports Oscar Marin was fired because of what Pirates pitchers said about him in player exit interviews. Mackey believes Andrew McCutchen has played his last game with the Pirate

Ray Fittipaldo joins the show. The Steelers insider explains why Roman Wilson cant get out of the doghouse. And gets into why Pat Friermuth is having such a bad season.

Donny Football Debrief. NFL.com ranked Aaron Rodgers as the 15th best QB at the quarter pole. We guess the QBs that the NFL ranked ahead of him.

NFL analyst Steve Palazzolo joined. He says the Ravens are in big trouble. He still thinks the Steelers offense is lacking dynamism. He's a Kenneth Gainwell fan.

Pomp shares his trip to Ireland and the Steelers' victory!

Jason Mackey, PG Pirates writer joined the show. He thinks the Pirates payroll will be around $90 million. He was surprised that Ben Cherington was retained. The Pirates want to get rid of Mitch Keller because he's not good enough to justify his salary. Jason reports Oscar Marin was fired because of what Pirates pitchers said about him in player exit interviews. Mackey believes Andrew McCutchen has played his last game with the Pirates.

Poni is producing the show for the 1st time and doing a masterful job. He's making it look quite easy as a matter of fact. Donny is hosting and starts the show by talking about the #1 issue facing the Pirates this offseason: their need for hitting help. And why Mitch Keller is the player that needs traded to get hitting help. Mullsy pontificates about Keller going to a new team and becoming a star. "I need someone here who can hit." Mullsy he used the word "WAR" more than time in his life.

PM Team FULL Show 10-1-25

The Guardians beat the Tigers to take the AL Wild Card game to a decisive third game. Why can’t that be the Pirates? Chris said the team is way better run from a general manager standpoint. Donny said a lot of it is player development. 93.7 The Fan Sports Director Jeff Hathhorn joined the show. Jeff shared his thoughts on why the Guardians are always good in a similar market to the Pirates. The conversation switched to the Steelers are centered around the step up from the offensive line in the Vikings game. What will we see from Kenneth Gainwell after his big game? Jeff thinks the offense needed someone like Aaron Rodgers to be in charge. Judge Charlie.

Pat Meyer spoke to the Steelers media yesterday as the offensive line is coming off its best game. Broderick Jones is showing some strides, but there is still a lot of meat on that bone. The Steelers also used more ‘big’ personnel in their game plan to attack the Vikings – and it worked. ALL ACCESS w/ Aditi – Chris had Aditi share her thoughts on the video of Shedeur Sanders ‘miming’ in reaction to Dillon Gabriel being named the Browns starting QB. Aditi said Joe Flacco wasn’t the entire problem, but at some point, it only made sense for the Browns to make the change. The name Kenny Pickett has popped up again in NFL trade rumors. Aditi said the Browns defense needs help because it is a legit group that is tops in the league in multiple categories. What is the future like for the Bengals after another lifeless effort without Joe Burrow? Aditi thinks it is way too early to write off the Ravens. She thinks Lamar Jackson has been dealing with an injury and it didn’t just happen against the Chiefs. Aditi said w

The first 4 weeks of the NFL season could not have gone better for the Steelers. The Browns are being the Browns, again. The Bengals lost Joe Burrow for majority of the season and by then, they will be long out of it. The Ravens will be without Lamar Jackson for possibly 2-3 weeks while they sit at 1-3. Is this division there for the taking? Are fans starting to feel like the Steelers are favorites in the AFC North? Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Are things as grim as they look for the Ravens after a 1-3 start and Lamar Jackson being injured? Mike believes they have some serious issues. Mike went through the AFC, but he thinks the door is open and they have a ‘seat at the table’ 4 weeks into the regular season. Mike called the Dublin game a ‘toss up’ going in and said it’s big that the Steelers won the game, even if they took it down to the wire. Mike said the Steelers should keep their eyes on available WR with the injury to Calvin Austin, but the trade deadline is still a little bit

The Pirates parted ways with a few coaches yesterday, including Oscar Marin, who was the leader of one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. Should Matt Hague be safe as the hitting coach after a historically bad offensive year? The guys wondered if there was something behind the scenes with Marin and if he didn’t get the support of Paul Skenes or other guys on the staff. The Fan vs The Fans. Former MLB pitcher Matt Clement joined the show. Matt reacted to the end of the Pirates season and some of the changes they have made. Matt gave his thoughts on the return of Ben Cherington for 2026. He thinks it is ‘inevitable’ that the team trades Mitch Keller to get some offense on this roster. Chris had Matt react to some of the comments from Travis Williams with the media. Matt posed a good question back to Chris about big market versus small market in Major League Baseball.

93.7 The Fan Sports Director Jeff Hathhorn joined the show. Jeff shared his thoughts on why the Guardians are always good in a similar market to the Pirates. The conversation switched to the Steelers are centered around the step up from the offensive line in the Vikings game. What will we see from Kenneth Gainwell after his big game? Jeff thinks the offense needed someone like Aaron Rodgers to be in charge.

ALL ACCESS w/ Aditi – Chris had Aditi share her thoughts on the video of Shedeur Sanders ‘miming’ in reaction to Dillon Gabriel being named the Browns starting QB. Aditi said Joe Flacco wasn’t the entire problem, but at some point, it only made sense for the Browns to make the change. The name Kenny Pickett has popped up again in NFL trade rumors. Aditi said the Browns defense needs help because it is a legit group that is tops in the league in multiple categories. What is the future like for the Bengals after another lifeless effort without Joe Burrow? Aditi thinks it is way too early to write off the Ravens. She thinks Lamar Jackson has been dealing with an injury and it didn’t just happen against the Chiefs. Aditi said we need to celebrate every win.

Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Are things as grim as they look for the Ravens after a 1-3 start and Lamar Jackson being injured? Mike believes they have some serious issues. Mike went through the AFC, but he thinks the door is open and they have a ‘seat at the table’ 4 weeks into the regular season. Mike called the Dublin game a ‘toss up’ going in and said it’s big that the Steelers won the game, even if they took it down to the wire. Mike said the Steelers should keep their eyes on available WR with the injury to Calvin Austin, but the trade deadline is still a little bit away. Mike reacted to the Tyreek Hill injury. Mike and Chris talked about the success of the Ireland game and what it means going forward for the league. Mike mentioned the idea that we could see 16 international games per season once we reach an 18-game regular season. Mike, a lawyer by trade, was asked about the Skylar Thompson situation after the Steelers QB3 got ‘robbed’ and ‘mugged’ in Dublin.