More than a month out from the deadline for NFL teams to make swaps, trade winds are already picking up.
Just two days after the New York Giants struck a deal to acquire quarterback J.J. McCarthy from the Minnesota Vikings, another splashier − and perhaps more consequential − move materialized. Late on Wednesday, Sept. 30, Tom Pelissero broke the news that the Pittsburgh Steelers were finalizing a deal to send cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick.
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The swap marks a logical conclusion to one of the league’s more predictable and extended standoffs. The two sides...
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