The Steelers just got AMAZING news...

Steelers just got some great news ahead of the huge matchup this Sunday against New England Patriots. We just got some crucial updates surrounding Joey Porter Jr. and not only his health and availability ahead of Sunday's game, but some more leaked details surrounding the Steelers and Joey Porter Jr.'s future specifically regarding negotiations and the rule the Steelers have surrounding not negotiating in season, maybe in jeopardy. We're going to break down all of that as well as discuss some comments from Aaron Rodgers revealing what he saw in week one. A ton to go over on this episode, folks, but before we get into it, a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. You guys have been absolute beasts of support and every single day you guys, you guys have been killing it. Thank you. You mean the world to me. Let's dive right into it. We have a lot more to discuss today. Obviously a fantastic game or at least a fantastic win, right? The game was a little bit, you know, it was a little bit iffy on Sunday, but they got the job done here and we have a plethora of updates and let's dive right into them. So folks, obviously all eyes are on JPJ and you can see right here from from Nick Faribault. Let's start with what Mike McCarthy said about Joey Porter Jr. and the plan this week and it's a lot. It's all positive. The plan is to move forward with Joey and see how much more he can do next. There is no clarity on if he would be a full participant in today's practice. Standby, we'll have an update on that in a minute, but the vibes are pretty good right now. Obviously at this juncture, we're kind of just waiting to see what the actual vibe is for the team, but we did see JPJ arrive in style to practice, got some work in, which guess what, is absolutely needed and I'm happy that it's happening. And then it was confirmed that Joey Porter Jr. is a full participant in today's practice. So folks, we're going to start with this before diving into some of the new reports. This is really good news for multiple reasons. One, there's all talks about Joey Porter Jr. getting traded. There is still a very, very real possibility that he does get traded and I think there's a very real possibility that the team figures out a way to get an extension done. Either way, all sides, I think, want to see him play games, right? There's talks about him holding out because of injury or holding out because he doesn't want to be injured. He doesn't want to be injured because he doesn't want to play because of the fact that the contract's not done. All those different parameters here. He needs to play football games. Is that our contract for this year? Really two more years because the Steelers can and will, I would presume, franchise tag the cornerback. So for him to be able to be a full participant is the best news that we've probably heard in a while. Now, there's a tidbit that came out last night or this morning, rather, and it is very interesting from Brooke Pryor. It reveals some very interesting leaked comments, leaked contract negotiations that you're going to want to stay tuned for. But folks, before we get into all that, you can trade, yes or no, whether or not you think the Steelers are going to make the playoffs, whether or not you think the Steelers are going to beat the Patriots this upcoming Sunday. If you trade $25 on no, if you think the Steelers are going to lose, you'll win $72. Or if you think, or rather, if you think the Steelers are going to win, rather, $25 wins you $72. So you can trade on the Steelers winning, you can trade on tons of different things. Again, if you think the Steelers are going to win, you can trade no on the Patriots, meaning the Patriots losing, or you can trade yes on the Steelers. It'll be the same thing, $25, win you $72. 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I'm told the Steelers were having conversations with his side, trying to negotiate a last minute deal all the way up until Sunday morning. Nothing got done. Porter was inactive and that was mostly a byproduct of conditioning. So this is crucial on multiple fronts. One, they tried to get a contract done up until Sunday, and there's been some other reports that came out this afternoon revealing that from Jerry Dulac and others, they're fine potentially negotiating into this season because they started the negotiation before the season started. They don't want to, you know, it's the loophole in the rule. They don't want to pick up negotiations or rather start negotiations after the season has started. But you can go out and resume negotiations if you want to do that. And obviously, we're going to have to see where things stand. But the fact that they were trying to negotiate that far up is very important. Now, when you actually see the offer that Steelers have made two firm offers, one being insulting and the second not having the structure that Porter was looking for. But Mike Florio reported that there's still some within the organization that are holding out hope that Porter would change his mind and sign the deal. And ultimately, that makes a lot of sense because guess what? There were negotiations going up right until the deadline. But we're going to see if they decide to trade again. You can see here from Andrew Filippone theory, JPJ could still sign a deal with the Steelers. The Steelers would couch it as Porter accepting a deal that was offered before the season started, thus not breaking the long established rule of not negotiation in the season. That would be a Steelers loophole. Keep an eye out for this loophole because it's what multiple reports have started to come out lately. And the fact that they are negotiating, I would assume still negotiating, but we're negotiating that late into the game or into the day Sunday or that late in the morning, whatever you want to call it, into the offseason. They're clearly trying to get a deal done. And I do think there's a strong possibility that it does get done, especially now that he's going to be returning. And even if they don't get it done, like he's him coming back to that Patriots game is going to be absolutely massive because that's going to be a hell of a game. That's going to be a hell of a game. So let me know down below your thoughts are on that. Speaking of that game, though, we have a lot to discuss now. We can also see here from practice, just to kind of put a bow on that, he did not. JPJ did not hit the blocking sled, but otherwise did all the rest of the individual drills and the portion of practice open to the media. So he basically was a full participant. But let's dive into the game now. Now, the game preview picks everyone's pick in the Patriots, basically just Kevin Potra picked the Steelers. But again, these don't really mean anything, but I like talking about him talking about every week. The Patriots are, you know, favored, obviously, to beat the Steelers. But it's not very much. And I do think the Steelers are going to win this week. I have a very, very real feeling. And a lot of that's because of T.J. Watt. A lot of that is kind of what's happening. And we can see here, T.J. Watt went right up to the Falcons fan after his pick six. And he was obviously on a podcast talking about how he's doing. This team is in a crazy spot, folks. I feel like even their offense last week, although it looked a little bit murky on the surface, there were multiple PIs that could have been called. There were multiple catches that should have and could have been caught by D.K. Roman Wilson. I think they're in a really good spot ahead of the game against the Patriots. And Christian Gonzalez, of course, on the on the Patriots recently spoke out about the Steelers. Nothing but respect for him being Aaron Rodgers and what he does for that team. The talent has to make every single throw or rather the talent he has to make every single throw presents a challenge. They got some pieces over there. So the Steelers getting a little bit of respect and Aaron Rodgers actually spoke out and kind of revealed, you know, maybe how they were struggling a little bit downfield. He said the whole thing can be deceiving, though. We had a P.I. on a third down that could have been a touchdown. We had another blatant P.I. and D.K. that wasn't called. We had an opportunity to Roman downfield. That was probably P.I. not called. He didn't come up with it. I had D.K. in the end zone for sure. P.I., which is hilarious. He basically calls out the refs here, but also says at the end of it, you can't blame the refs for for losses or losing. You have to keep on moving. And that is something that people aren't talking about, right? They'll see the Steelers box score and watch the highlights that don't include everything and say, oh, just the same old, same old Steelers offense. It's not good. Aaron Rodgers throwing a bunch of check downs, that's up and slants. It was more than that. He was throwing deep balls. He was hitting D.K. Metcalf. He was hitting Roman Wilson. Did it work? No. Did the refs have a horrible game? Yes. We're going to see what happens on upcoming Sunday. Let me know below your thoughts on all this, folks.