{"id":270442,"date":"2026-08-23T01:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270442\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:32:29","slug":"the-pittsburgh-steelers-should-entertain-a-joey-porter-jr-trade-at-the-right-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270442\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers Should Entertain A Joey Porter Jr. Trade, at the Right Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outside of fans\u2019 infatuation with the young quarterback duo, the contract negotiation saga between cornerback Joey Porter Jr. and the Steelers has been the story of the Preseason in Pittsburgh<\/a>. And with the player and team still seemingly far apart on a new deal, that saga is now starting to bleed over into the NFL social media landscape as trade rumors and player-leaning or team-friendly reports<\/a> are starting to surface.<\/p>\n

So far, there are no indications that the Steelers want to deal Porter, or that any teams have really even contacted Pittsburgh about his availability. They are bullish on signing<\/a> the rising star, but it does sound like they want to do so at more of a Top 10 CB rate as opposed to a market-setting rate like Porter reportedly believes he deserves.<\/p>\n

None of this should deter the Steelers from listening to reasonable offers for the former 2nd Round Pick.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love Joey Porter Jr. Pittsburgh searched high and low for a lockdown type corner for almost a decade before catching the falling Porter with the 1st pick of the 2nd Round in 2023. But this is already the league\u2019s highest paid defense, and there is a much, much bigger question mark surrounding this team that they absolutely must figure out if they want to rejoin the ranks of the NFL\u2019s elite. That is obviously the Quarterback position, and regardless of the presence of promising projects like Will Howard and Drew Allar, the future of the position is murky at best.<\/p>\n

A trade for an ascending player like Porter could net the Steelers a 1st Round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. Based on the values received for other high-end corners recently, from Trent McDuffie to Sauce Gardner<\/a>, as well as the big money contracts paid to others, it\u2019s a position that teams, especially contenders with established QBs, are willing to pay for.<\/p>\n

The counter argument is obvious. If teams are so desperate for elite CBs and the Steelers believe they have one, why would they trade him away? Just pay the man what he wants!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a valid point, and if the Steelers do end up paying top dollar or thereabouts for JPJ, they will have my support. For the Steelers, with such a massive unknown continuing to hang over them at the game\u2019s most important position, and with expectations of a deep and talented QB class awaiting them in 2027, it seems even more prudent to me to explore any opportunity to land additional high-end draft capital towards a potential move-up in the Draft for a Quarterback.<\/p>\n

If the right kind of offer comes in, it would make a lot of sense for the QB desperate Steelers to trade away Joey Porter Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outside of fans\u2019 infatuation with the young quarterback duo, the contract negotiation saga between cornerback Joey Porter Jr.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-270442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}