{"id":285147,"date":"2026-09-13T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285147\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:42:32","slug":"pittsburhg-steelers-open-to-joey-porter-jr-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285147\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburhg Steelers open to Joey Porter Jr trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 ongoing contract dispute with Joey Porter Jr. could be reaching a tipping point.<\/p>\n

The former second-round pick is not expected to play in the season opener against the Atlanta Falcons. He did not partake in training camp and is still getting \u201cramped up,\u201d as head coach Mike McCarthy has said.<\/p>\n

With the season set to begin, though, time has seemingly run out to get an extension done in 2026. The Steelers don\u2019t negotiate contracts during the season, meaning the Steelers would have to use the franchise tag on Porter in 2027 if they wanted to begin negotiations next year. It may not get to that point, though. According to Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport, the Steelers are open to trading Porter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Steelers have been open to listening to offers for Porter,\u201d Schefter and Rapoport report<\/a>. \u201cBut there has not been notable interest at Pittsburgh\u2019s asking price of a premium draft pick — possibly in the first round — and no serious trade talks have developed despite the Steelers\u2019 willingness to deal him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers do have depth at the cornerback position, as Asante Samuel Jr had a terrific training camp and preseason. Should he show that he is capable of being the starter, it may make the Steelers more comfortable to seek out trade partners.<\/p>\n

Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 ongoing contract dispute with Joey Porter Jr. could be reaching a tipping point. The former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-285147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285147","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=285147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}