To add injury to insult, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost starting cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to an ankle injury early in Saturday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Normally this wouldn’t be a panic situation with a full week to recover and be ready to play. Unfortunately, the Steelers have to turn around and play the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day which doesn’t give Porter much time to get healthy.
Head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media on Sunday and didn’t offer much hope that Porter would be able to go against the Chiefs this week.
#Steelers Mike Tomlin said it’s questionable for Joey Porter, Junior. He says it will ‘probably be a difficult time playing’ for anyone who didn’t make it out of the stadium healthy last night
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Fortunately, Tomlin also said that fellow starting cornerback Donte Jackson is trending toward playing this week after missing last week. This would at least give the Steelers one starting cornerback in the lineup if Porter can’t go.
