Joey Porter Jr departs Pittsburgh Steelers for Dallas Cowboys in early season trade

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pittsburgh-steelers/AXWJxS6R/"]Steelers[/a] finally settled their contentious contract dispute with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-melvin/niwdB5wK/"]Porter[/a] - who has yet to play this season - by shipping him to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-cowboys/S8sFw8iL/"]Cowboys[/a] in exchange for two future draft picks.[/p][p]Schottenheimer told reporters on Thursday that the newly arrived Porter - who sat out all of training camp and the pre-season after reporting he had aggravated a back injury - "moved around good" in a "positive" first practice with his new team.[/p][p]News of the trade had surfaced Wednesday night. The deal ends a months-long standoff between Porter and the Steelers over a contract extension for the 2023 second-round draft pick, who was inactive for the first three games of the season.[/p][embed guid="41dc3402-e290-4c99-b6dd-da507e9fbcda" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2105511147113984275?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 26-year-old has played in 47 career games, starting in 41, with 165 tackles, 31 pass breakups and three interceptions.[/p][p]The Cowboys hope he can fill the void left by injuries to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durant-decobie/4Mf9t4eg/"]Cobie Durant[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/revel-shavon/p0fwadQa/"]Shavon Revel[/a].[/p][p]The Cowboys host the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-texans/SIj9q2Q7/"]Texans[/a] on Sunday aiming to bounce back from a demoralizing loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-ravens/pUern3T0/"]Baltimore[/a] in Rio de Janeiro, where the Ravens won 34-31 on a last-gasp field goal from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/loop-tyler/C6KD9d2C/"]Tyler Loop[/a].[/p]