Mike DeFabo
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543 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 7 May
Mike DeFabo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If he's available in a trade-up scenario or drops them somehow by 21, they'd love to get their hands on him, or a defensive back would be the third option.
I think that the Steelers do have a lot of faith in Will Howard.
And Mike McCarthy has come out on numerous instances and talked about all the things that Will Howard has done well.
He led his team to a national championship.
He has incredible intangibles and leadership ability.
But I think that what Mike McCarthy would prefer is one year to work with Will and to be there with him, guiding him through the process as he's the backup to Aaron Rodgers to give Will Howard a bit of an on-ramp.
Because
Really, Will Howard, he broke his pinky last year during training camp, and it took weeks into the season for him to even get on the playing field as a scout team type of quarterback.
So his NFL experience is limited, not just in stadium, but also defensively.
just simply practicing against NFL veterans.
And so I think for that reason, they are kind of hoping that Aaron Rogers can be that bridge in some way, either to will Howard or a mid round quarterback at the Steelers draft this year, maybe a guy like Carson Beck, um, or to that 2027 year when they take that big aggressive swing at a potential first round quarterback, listen, 12 draft picks, a lot of them, third and fourth round, um,
Yeah, I mean, there is definitely a legitimate criticism for the Steelers who over the previous four seasons employed the NFL's highest paid defense in each of those four years that they need to spend less on defense.
And I have argued for that point myself.
The only way you do it is as you're talking about.
by bringing in young, new talent so that you don't have to pay a 36-year-old Cameron Hayward or you don't have to pay TJ Watt record-breaking type of money.
The Steelers of old were always about draft and develop and having guys in the pipeline.
Cam Hayward himself, he sat and waited his turn until there was an opening and an opportunity, even though he was drafted in the first round.
So really that's the only way that the Steelers are going to get less expensive on defense is by getting younger and doing so through the draft.
You know, Ty Simpson, I think, has a lot of potential and there is a ceiling there if the right team can unlock it for him.
What I've heard is for the Steelers, the most significant part of the evaluation, those 15 college starts.
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