Joey Porter Jr contract negotiations

No proof

Not even accurate

 

Firstly, I'd much rather see us sign the guy before Sunday. However, if we can't sign him, I'd much rather trade him than string him along a couple years on the franchise tag and end up with a 3rd rd comp pick down the road. And considering he was limited in practice today tells me that a contract probably won't get done by Sunday.

 

If the number is real (I have my doubts about reporters), then I think you're right.

But my guess is that the number is something that some "reporter" or blogger made up. Probably at the beginning of the offseason before the CB valuation moved?

That contract puts him 7th on the CB AAV list ($28.75mm). It was probably a team friendly number before all of these higher value CB contracts got signed this offseason.

I think there's zero chance he signs for that (or anything under $30mm).

It would be a shame for us to lose a guy who's arguably our best draft pick since Watt (slim pickins since then) without genuinely trying to sign him.

 

If they do not come to an agreement before the season starts it really is irrelevant

Either way he plays on his rookie deal

Then next off season if he has a good year the can work on a deal

The Steelers loose nothing by waiting

Nothing

Why is this hard to understand

 

He was declining in his last year with us.

But the massive workload hid it a little because he still had good total numbers.

The "Summer of Lev" probably did make him worse than he otherwise would have been when he came back.

But without the year off, he wasn't going to be his old self either.

He'd seen a ton of touches by then. And had a bunch of injuries because of it.

We ran the wheels off him. Just like we did the FWP before him. And Najee after him (although at least after Najee's rookie year we discovered the idea of load sharing at RB with Warren).

 

I don’t believe that wear and tear was his primary downfall. The jets were a terrible organization and he wasn’t valued there, he wasn’t a good fit nor was the offense conducive for his type of running or putting him in position to have success.

 

Why?!


How else are people gonna converse on the board?!


Me personally?! College Season is in full swing and I have a bunch of players to scout.

 

He can always sit out and demand a trade. Not smart to do. But if it happens usually nobody wins.

 

It would probably be his worst choice. Contract tolls, fines, and a lost year of vestment for a pension. Instead of getting checks he would be writing them

 

And he looses money and his value drops

He is one of 53 the Steelers will move on

Him holding out is not a factor in the Steelers negotiations and it should not be

The tail does not wag the dog

 

If he followed Cousins example he would have more money and freedom by signing the tag playing lights out and getting huge offers in FA afterwards.

 

Yes he will lose money but 9f he is convicted and wants to push the issue, obviously the intent at that point would be to get traded. Yes he is one of 53 not playing taking up a valuable roster spot. All it takes is for one cb on the roster to get injured and then the leverage is back in JPJ’s court as they aren’t going to waste a roster spot on a player that is sitting out.

 

I agree but do you honestly believe the Steelers would go through in fining him and holding him to paying them? I wouldn’t want to call their bluff but if that ha-pens you effectively burn the bridge with the player in no-es of him returning and the rest of the league knows that as a result your hand is forced in trading him so he becomes significantly less valuable now on the trade market so you get diminishing returns. Players can sabotage their trade value all the time to spite the team. The risk is they may also spite their own value when it comes to,es to a contract with the new team. It’s risky.

 

If he sits out he is not on the 53

He does not count

Reserve/Did not report

Heck the Steelers would even get credit back to the cap

No leverage

Out of sight out of mind

The tail does not wag the dog

 

Look at how his rate stats fell in his last year with us.

The decline was less noticeable because we still gave him too much work.

 

I like JPJr and hope he stays

He has a contract and I expect him to honor it by playing game one

If he does not then he moves into my **** you pile

I believe in being honest and honorable

I realize a lot of people here do not have the same ethical standards

 

That simply is not true. I have been very clearly stating that my argument is that the Steelers felt Harris was the better back for the 2024 season. You have argued with my posts to that effect many times. If you weren't disputing that point, then why were you arguing with me? Why not acknowledge that they thought Haris was the better back for 2024, but they saw Warren as the better option for the seasons that followed? That would have ended this argument a long time ago.

So again, is it fair to say the Steelers felt Harris was the better back in 2024, when they started him every game, gave him more snaps, gave him more touches, and gave him more than twice as many carries? Yes or no?

 

LOL Yeah, Porter is just now going on the old man's F you pile. Funny stuff.

 

I see one unethical poster

Not surprising considering he has been called out repeatedly for lying

He even lied about my post

Dyslexic? Reading comprehension issue? Or just lying?

I don’t like people who lie they should be treated accordingly

 

I’ll take your word for it. I know one thing. Come playoff time it always seemed like him and AB were always hurt.

 

But if he has a back injury that changes everything.

 

Now you are just spitballing

He has been cleared to play and I believe has been practicing

He s not on IR

 

Actually cb’s are considered one of the most injury prone positions. That could be why the gauruntee is a sticking point on both sides. I don’t think the Steelers looked bad in the Bell holdout. He left and signed elsewhere for less money. That proves their offer was very fair to him.