The Pittsburgh Steelers took care of some contract extensions early this offseason. One which hasn’t, however many count on to occur is one for CB Joey Porter Jr. At present, I wished to discover his profession from a stats perspective, and the way it stacks as much as the highest 20 highest paid CBs the final three seasons (positions through Over The Cap).
The primary visible are protection stats, clearly a major space that corners earn their pay days. Right here’s the typical per season catch charges allowed and QB rankings in opposition to from 2023-2025:
In these phrases, we will see Porter has been probably the greatest corners. His 54.3 QB ranking in opposition to ranked second (out of 21 gamers), together with a forty five.9 % catch price allowed ranked third.
Porter was prime three in each statistics throughout three seasons. The one nook with stronger numbers in every was Houston CB Derek Stingley Jr., whose common yearly worth of $30 million ranks third through Over The Cap on the place. Some discussions have hinted at that being too wealthy for Porter, however the numbers present he has earned that consideration.
The remainder of the above the imply outcomes principally hover round $20 million. May Pittsburgh and Porter agree on one thing within the center, or is that maybe a consider it not being completed but? A $25 million common yearly worth would tie him for the fourth-highest paid on the place. However Porter and his repute are probably aiming larger.
I wished to incorporate one other visible, contemplating different elements of play. Included are PFF run protection grades and complete missed sort out charges throughout the identical span:
This emphasizes some areas that Porter might have been higher in his profession up to now. Notably in run protection, the place his 54.5 common PFF grade was second-worst amongst his friends. The one participant he bested was Stingley, so Porter is just not alone in being elite in protection however missing in different aspects of play up to now.
Evaluating the highest proper of every visible, just one CB was above the imply throughout all of the stats: Jaylen Watson of the Rams at $17 million. Porter lands slightly below the imply with a 12.8 % complete missed sort out price that ranked eleventh. Run protection was the clear bugaboo, nevertheless it’s not like a plethora of different corners excel there. That’s fairly uncommon.
One factor’s for certain: Pittsburgh can be sensible to lock up their homegrown lockdown cornerback in Porter. He’d probably land as a top-five paid CB when the mud settles, assuming each side can conform to an extension. That may imply $25 million as the ground, with $31 million being the best common annual worth on the time of this text.
