Steelers Legend Kendall Simmons: Rings, Resilience & the Real Story

Send us Fan MailWe sit down with two-time Super Bowl champion and Pittsburgh Steelers legend Kendall Simmons for one of the most personal and powerful conversations in Red Zone Blitz history.Drafted 30th overall by Pittsburgh in 2002, Kendall earned Rookie of the Year honours before being handed a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis that threatened to derail everything. He refused to let it. He went on to start all 20 games in the 2005 championship season and earn two Super Bowl rings with the Steelers.This episode covers his upbringing in Ripley, Mississippi, his All-SEC career at Auburn, what game days looked like managing diabetes as a 315-pound offensive lineman, the role Dan Rooney and the Steelers organization played in supporting him through it all, and what life looks like now.We also give a big shoutout to James — a huge Steelers fan who wanted to know what Kendall took from working under Mike Tomlin that he carries into his own coaching today.This one goes beyond the game.Follow us @redzoneblitzpod on Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube.Business inquiries: [email protected] us on social media:X: @redzoneblitzpodInstagram: @redzoneblitzpodTikTok: @redzoneblitzpodwww.redzoneblitzpodcast.comredzoneblitzpodcast@gmail.com