{"id":897213,"date":"2026-10-28T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897213\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:06:08","slug":"joey-porter-jr-on-his-critics-theyll-be-quiet-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897213\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Porter Jr. on his critics: They’ll be quiet soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upset about not getting a contract extension before the season, cornerback Joey Porter Jr. didn\u2019t play in four games with the Steelers. He was inactive with his on-again, off-again back issue, which wasn\u2019t an issue after the Cowboys traded for him.<\/p>\n

Porter played for the Cowboys three days after the trade, but he was inactive the following week after an unexpected illness knocked him out. It prompted questions about whether he was all-in with the Cowboys, who made clear they aren\u2019t giving him a new deal this season.<\/p>\n

Richard Sherman said on Amazon Prime Video, \u201cI think maybe if [the Cowboys] had given him a new contract, he\u2019d have been a little healthier today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter heard the speculation, but he is unbothered.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe personally, I know the real<\/a>,\u201d Porter told Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. \u201cI know the truth. I don\u2019t really pay too much attention online to what they have to say. I just got to keep doing my job on Sundays. Once they see the tape, they\u2019ll know. They\u2019ll be quiet soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter has allowed only one catch for 5 yards on nine targets in three games. He has been the lockdown corner the Cowboys expected when they sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick and a 2028 second-round draft pick to the Steelers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing new for me,\u201d Porter told Harris. \u201cI think I\u2019ve always been capable of such. I feel like the tape from the last couple of years showed the same thing. I just keep the main thing the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Upset about not getting a contract extension before the season, cornerback Joey Porter Jr. didn\u2019t play in four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-897213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}