The Pittsburgh Steelers' situation with Joey Porter Jr. is getting tiresome for everyone involved. It is still unclear if he will play in Week 2, as he was limited on Wednesday's practice with a "conditioning" designation.
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 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 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?
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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.
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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 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.
Star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will miss his second straight game with an injury, though the timing is rather suspicious.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers soap opera with Joey Porter Jr. reached its next act on Friday afternoon when the team officially ruled the cornerback out for their Week 2 game against the New England Patriots on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will enter Week 2 without one of their most important defensive starters. Joey Porter Jr. has been ruled out for Sunday's road game against the New England Patriots, extending an absence that has already produced questions about his health, conditioning and contract situation.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially ruled out CB Joey Porter Jr. for Week 2, per Brooke Pryor. Pittsburgh lists Porter with a back injury, along with a non-injury-related designation.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have another question to answer about Joey Porter Jr., and Mike McCarthy's latest response will do little to quiet the discussion.
Plenty of questions are swirling around Pittsburgh Steelers’ young cornerback Joey Porter Jr.
During a Friday appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show," Rapoport was directly asked about the Lions' potential pursuit of Porter.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing a sharper challenge over their handling of Joey Porter Jr., and Aditi Kinkhabwala is asking why the team has allowed the situation to reach this point.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get a win on Sunday as the team took down the Atlanta Falcons in the season opener, but the defense had to play well without star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. on the field.
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.
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A recent report claimed that the Pittsburgh Steelers and unsettled cornerback Joey Porter Jr. "reached an impasse over the guaranteed money" that would have been attached to a contract extension Porter has been looking to land throughout the summer.
Did Porter Jr. just up the ante in his standoff with the Steelers?
Assuming the Steelers stick to their policy of not negotiating with a player after the start of a regular season, Porter may have to demand a trade to receive his desired extension before he next takes the field.
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Porter is under contract, and the two sides seemingly aren't close to reaching even a short-term agreement.
Porter seemingly won't be receiving a desired contract extension from his current employer anytime soon.
The alleged back injury that kept Porter on the physically unable to perform list for the majority of August is supposedly the reason he didn't play in Week 1.
Porter spent the majority of August on the physically unable to perform list with a supposed back injury that he aggravated on the first day of training camp.
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