The Dallas Cowboys are playing a dangerous game.
Late Wednesday, The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reported that the Cowboys had finalized a deal to acquire cornerback Joey Porter Jr. from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Per ESPN Cowboys reporter Todd Archer, Dallas sent Pittsburgh a conditional 2027 sixth-round pick and 2028 second-rounder to complete the trade.
Porter, 26, hasn’t played this season and was ruled out by the Steelers for Thursday night’s game at the Cleveland Browns with what was described as a back injury. Pittsburgh added NRI (not injury-related) and conditioning tags for Porter in its Week 4 injury report, which longtime NFL reporter Albert Breer noted was a clear sign the marriage was “probably over.”
But the trade to Dallas may have come with an elixir. ESPN’s Adam Schefter noted on Thursday that “There is ‘a chance’ … Porter will make his debut Sunday vs. the [Houston] Texans.
“The Cowboys are going to work to get him ready,” Schefter added.