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This offseason has been the busiest for the Pittsburgh Steelers in more than two decades. From the moment the regular season ended and Mike Tomlin stepped down as head coach, it's been a whirlwind of activity. From hiring Mike McCarthy as the new head coach to the return of Aaron Rodgers along with a massive contract extension to EDGE Nick Herbig, the team is clearly focused on winning in 2026.
But there is still one big move the Steelers need to handle over the course of the next month before the team gets together for training camp. That piece of business is signing star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to a contract extension. Here's what ESPN had to say about it:
Porter is a very talented cornerback who finished 10th in the league in my coverage DVOA metric last season. The problem is that Porter will want top-five cornerback money, and there isn't necessarily evidence that he belongs in that stratosphere. Hopefully, the Steelers can get him to agree to something that might be higher than they want to go but lower than what players such as Trent McDuffie and Sauce Gardner recently got paid.
We suspect the hang-up in all this is the difference between the Porter's market value and what he considers his value. As the ESPN post pointed out, the Steelers don't want to go pay him the kind of money Trent McDuffie or Sauce Gardner got but Porter and his people will push for it and the two sides will need to find some middle ground.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: 1 huge order of business left for the Steelers before training camp
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But there is still one big move the Steelers need to handle over the course of the next month before the team gets together for training camp. That piece of business is signing star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to a contract extension. Here's what ESPN had to say about it:
Porter is a very talented cornerback who finished 10th in the league in my coverage DVOA metric last season. The problem is that Porter will want top-five cornerback money, and there isn't necessarily evidence that he belongs in that stratosphere. Hopefully, the Steelers can get him to agree to something that might be higher than they want to go but lower than what players such as Trent McDuffie and Sauce Gardner recently got paid.
We suspect the hang-up in all this is the difference between the Porter's market value and what he considers his value. As the ESPN post pointed out, the Steelers don't want to go pay him the kind of money Trent McDuffie or Sauce Gardner got but Porter and his people will push for it and the two sides will need to find some middle ground.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: 1 huge order of business left for the Steelers before training camp
Continue reading...
