If we’re being honest, CB Joey Porter Jr. wasn’t drafted for his tackling. Pittsburgh values their secondary coming up and making stops as much as anyone but Porter was selected for his traits. His size, length, press-man ability with visions of doing what he’s doing now. Shadowing opposing top receivers and taking them away.
But if there were two things he had to work on, it was penalties (still a work-in-progress) and tackling. The latter was one element that limited his role early in the season, playing only in dime packages much to fan’s frustration. Go back to training camp and Porter’s struggles started there, laboring through an Oklahoma drill between receiver and defender, missing multiple times throughout the session.