After months of a contract saga that slowly looked worse and worse for the Steelers, cornerback Joey Porter Jr. was traded to the Cowboys less than 24 hours before Pittsburgh’s Week 4 matchup against the Cleveland Browns. The outcome was’t…
The Pittsburgh Steelers traded cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys following a prolonged contract dispute. In return, Pittsburgh received a 2028 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2027 sixth-round draft pick ahead of their Week 4 contest against the Cleveland Browns.
Writer Ryland Bickley notes that the deal leaves Pittsburgh thin in the secondary without an agreed contract extension in place for Porter in Dallas. While Steelers fans feel the return was insufficient, reporting cited from The Athletic indicates that multiple NFL executives believe the Cowboys actually overpaid for the cornerback.
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