To say that new Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is ‘part of the family’ is almost literally true. He is the son of former Steelers player and coach Joey Porter Sr., who was on hand at practice yesterday to get a first-hand look at his oldest wearing the same colors he wore, practicing on the same field.
But that is not why the team is treating him like family. It’s because he belongs, based on what they believe he can do on the field—and also because that’s just what the Steelers organization has believed in doing for the past 90 years.