A former Pittsburgh Steelers player who knows a thing or two about contract disputes has some concerns over what the organization is doing with cornerback Joey Porter Jr.
The Pittsburgh Steelers can stare at 58 rushing yards from their season opener and assemble a fairly obvious list of suspects. The backs did not consistently find space, the blocking was uneven and a few calls ran directly into bad pictures.
The news of late has not been short mentions of Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. With Porter being ruled out for the second week in a row, some believe he may be employing a similar strategy utilized by Packers pass rusher Micah Parsons before he was traded from Dallas last year.
The Steelers announced the elevation of RB Travis Homer and DB Doneiko Slaughter, who is being elevated for the second straight week. Pittsburgh also placed WR Max Hurleman on the practice squad injured list.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking to keep their momentum rolling following their Week 1 victory at home against the Atlanta Falcons. They head into enemy territory against a heated rival in the New England Patriots.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to Foxborough without two starters after wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. and cornerback Joey Porter Jr. were ruled out for Sunday’s Week 2 matchup.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have spent months debating what their top young corner is worth to them. A trade would force the rest of the NFL to answer a different question: what is he worth to everybody else?
Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2026 season with a win, but their offense still has plenty to clean up heading into their Week 2 game against the New England Patriots.
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Facing Christian Gonzalez and the New England Patriots’ defense was already set to be a difficult test, but now the Pittsburgh Steelers will have to battle the reigning AFC champions on the road without one of their most important wide receivers.
The Pittsburgh Steelers downgraded wide receiver Michael Pittman from questionable to out for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were far from perfect in Week 1, but they are 1-0 ahead of their first road contest of 2026. Traveling to Massachusetts, the Steelers will face the New England Patriots.
Jonathan Jones of The Athletic reports that the Steelers and CB Joey Porter Jr remain in a contractual standoff, despite the fact we’re entering Week 2 of the NFL season.
Joey Porter Jr.’s contract standoff with the Pittsburgh Steelers has now reached the point where his future in the Steel City is genuinely in question.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are stuck in this cycle of insanity in regard to Joey Porter Jr. He is officially out for Week 2 with a supposed back issue; although, there is a belief that this is all a ploy to avoid playing for the organization.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will look to move to 2-0 for the first time since 2024 when they travel to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots. New England will certainly want to avoid a crushing 0-2 start.
The Pittsburgh Steelers escaped their opener with the luxury every team wants in September: mistakes to correct without a loss attached to them. Dropped passes can disappear with a better afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Steelers began the Mike McCarthy era with a 20-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons, but the offense left Acrisure Stadium knowing it had more available.
The Steelers have ruled out star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. for a second straight week, though it remains unclear if a lingering back injury or an impasse in contract talks is the true source.
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 20-13, despite the opponent starting their third-string quarterback, Cooper Rush. With Michael Penix Jr.'s knee injury and Tua Tagovailoa's oblique setback, the Falcons had to roll with Rush.
The Pittsburgh Steelers received a promising observation about Troy Fautanu as they prepare for Sunday's matchup, but his ankle injury also created an opportunity that could matter if he cannot play.
Porter didn't play in Pittsburgh's 20-13 season-opening win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 13 for reasons related to a supposed back issue that kept him on the physically unable to perform list throughout most of August.