The Joey Porter Jr. cluster(bleep) has gone long enough.
Lying.
Fakery.
Posturing.
Bad management.
More lying.
It might be difficult. The Steelers double-crossed themselves by putting Porter's charade of a bad back on the official injury list.
But the Steelers should be the Steelers, at long last.
Take control.
Make a decision.
Either pay Porter.
Or trade Porter.
Or fine and suspend Porter for refusing to play.
But be decisive.
Because this is ridiculous.
I feel worst for Mike McCarthy.
He's a Greenfield guy. Not a dishonest bone in his body.
He's being forced to lie about this, and uncomfortably so.
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