How Cowboys’ Joey Porter Jr. Week 6 Decision Helps Steelers

Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will play Sunday night. The Dallas Cowboys announced Porter is active when they released their inactive list Sunday night ahead of their matchup versus the Green Bay Packers.

While that was the expectation, there was some doubt over Porter’s status because of an ankle injury that led him to be questionable this week.

But while Steelers fans won’t be able to make up of the Cowboys for acquiring a cornerback with a knack for not being active on game days, it’s great news for Pittsburgh that Porter is playing Sunday.

With his second game in Dallas, the Steelers will officially receive the 2027 sixth-round pick the Cowboys offered for Porter in their trade.

“Has to be on Cowboys active game-day roster one more game for Steelers to get their sixth-round pick,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac wrote Friday ahead of Week 6.

The main asset the Steelers received in return for Porter was a 2028 second-round choice. But the Cowboys also included a conditional sixth-round pick. The condition for that selection was Porter playing two games in Dallas.

Porter dressed in Week 4 versus the Houston Texans. However, he unexpectedly missed Week 5 last Thursday night because of the flu.

Despite the Cowboys and Porter emphasizing his absence and Week 6 injury listing had nothing to do with the cornerback’s contract, the narrative grew on social media perhaps Porter was beginning another hold-in with the Cowboys.

Steeler Officially Get 2027 Sixth-Round Pick in Joey Porter Jr. Trade

Steelers fans laughed from afar about the possibility Porter was faking another injury in Dallas. But if that was the case, that would actually hurt Pittsburgh.

As Dulac indicated, before Week 6, the Steelers needed Porter to play in one more game to get the full compensation the Cowboys offered for the defensive back.

Regardless of how much Porter plays Sunday night in Green Bay, he is active. That’s enough to meet the requirement for the Steelers to get the 2027 sixth-rounder.

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