Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin was being asked so often about starting Joey Porter Jr. the question became a running gag.
Is it Joey Porter Jr. time yet?
After about six weeks, Austin laughed about it. “Not right now,” he said. “When the time comes, it’ll come.”
That time came in the second half against the Ravens, and Porter responded with a game-turning interception.
Austin still wouldn’t commit to Porter as a starter. Until he did, for good, two weeks later. And then, of