Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. leaves Thursday practice early
Joey Porter Jr. was taken out of Thursday's Steelers practice by a trainer after completing warm-up drills, with no immediate injury update provided.
Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy said on Thursday that cornerback Joey Porter Jr. was expected to have a larger workload in practice than the previous day. However, during the portion of the session open to media, Porter left the field accompanied by a trainer after completing the team stretch and some individual drills. On Wednesday, the team had listed Porter as limited for non-injury-related conditioning reasons, a change from the back injury limitation noted the week before. No further information on his status was released at the time of his departure.