The night before the game, the Steelers made a big decision to trade veteran cornerback Joey Porter Jr.<\/a> to the Dallas Cowboys. Pittsburgh selected Porter in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, and he turned out to be one of the best corners in football. <\/p>\n However, with 2026 being the final year of Porter\u2019s rookie deal, it was time for the Steelers to pay him, but the two sides couldn\u2019t agree on a deal.<\/p>\n That led to Porter missing all of training camp and not playing a snap for Pittsburgh this season before he was ultimately traded to the Dallas Cowboys. While these kinds of situations are business as usual in the NFL, this one specifically speaks to a problem for the Steelers \u2014 and a good thing for the Browns.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh doesn\u2019t seem to be setting itself up for future success, but in Cleveland, the future is extremely bright.<\/p>\n Browns flex promising future over Steelers\u2019 bleak outlook<\/p>\n In the last two years, Pittsburgh has traded three of its most promising young players in Porter, George Pickens, and Broderick Jones, all to the Cowboys. While each situation had circumstances that could justify the move, those trades perpetuated the Steelers’ ongoing problem of not having young players to build around as they move into a new era.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh is one of the oldest teams in the league, leaning on guys like Aaron Rodgers, Cameron Heyward, TJ Watt, and Jalen Ramsey \u2014 all players who seem to be closer to the end of their careers than the start. It\u2019s obviously an aggressive, win-now approach, but the problem is the Steelers haven\u2019t been doing much winning while also abandoning their future.<\/p>\n When the old guard in Pittsburgh finally moves on, the Steelers could quickly fall apart. They haven\u2019t done a good job of securing young talent, and whenever the franchise finds young stars who could possibly be pillars, it moves them. That\u2019s a reality that the Steelers will eventually have to face.<\/p>\n In Cleveland, though, Browns fans are ecstatic, because they have a talented young core<\/a> that has the potential to lead the franchise to a lot of success in the future.<\/p>\n That was on display Thursday night, as plenty of first- and second-year players<\/a> made impact plays on both sides of the ball to help secure the win. The young Browns showed that they can handle the old Steelers now \u2014 and should be ready to dominate Pittsburgh in the future.<\/p>\n
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