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Things just took a major turn as we have some wild Steelers updates to go over today as ahead of the big game. On Sunday, we not only have some big updates surrounding Joey Porter Jr., we have Mike McCarthy getting fed up with the media asking questions and gave a very interesting report and interesting comments surrounding JPJ's status this Sunday. But not only that, we have some more moves Steelers are finally making to their O-line and a shocking update surrounding a couple of Steelers availability ahead of the big game. But before we get into all of it, and there is a lot to discuss today, a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. You guys would be so supportive. Thank you guys for all that. It means the world to me. Every single day, folks. It is Thursday. Of course, tomorrow's the last day of practice, or really today's the last day. Either way, you know, last second, last day before the weekend being things are feeling good. Vibes are high. And then you can see right here, Joey Porter Jr. hits the field for practice on Thursday. So of course, in tomorrow's practice, we'll kind of see the final update. But Thursday is usually a pretty good sign as to whether or not somebody is going to be available. So he did hit the field for Thursday. Now, when I say things took an interesting turn, there are some very intriguing comments. And we think back to yesterday's practice, which Jack covered. And we can see here, there are, of course, four players DNP will dive into those later. But Joey Porter Jr. was removed from the injury reports. They no longer listed him with a back injury. And everyone was wondering, OK, is it going to, quote unquote, flare up today? Is this going to be something where he's off the injury report, then all of a sudden he's not going to be available for the game Sunday? Let's dive into what Mike McCarthy said. Joey is scheduled to do some more today. We'll see how it goes. I thought he had quality work yesterday. He hit the target that was planned for him, of course, just after McCarthy said that last Thursday, Porter left practice with a reported flare up of his back injury and was once again held out of the team's week three game against the Cincinnati Bengals. So it is, you know, it is going to be kind of interesting to see. Also, I don't know why he said they mean week two. So we're going to have to see if they haven't played the Bengals yet. They play them on Sunday. So the article was wrong. But of course, they held him out ahead of week two was what they were talking about, but against Patriots. But there is something else here. They pressed Mike McCarthy further and was asked about being limited on Wednesday. And he basically said, we have a plan for every one of our players. So he did the work that was planned on. Mike McCarthy cut further questions about JPJ at that point. We're not going to play this game anymore. But every little question you can see Burl Houghton for the injury report. So Mike McCarthy, his first little angry tidbit to the media of his Steelers tenure. And it is a little bit concerning. Now, do I blame the reporters for pressing? Absolutely not. I think it makes all the sense in the world. That being said, there is still concern about whether or not Joey Porter Jr. is going to be available. Now, he has been running through and looking really solid. A few minutes ago, a report came out that, you know, there's phones been ringing for Omar Khan. There'll be videos on that. But he's looking good. And according to Nick Faribault, isn't really feeling a whole lot right now, at least not visually at practice. And they're going to need JPJ ahead of the big game this Sunday. And speaking of the game this Sunday, ladies and gentlemen, on Cal State, you can trade yes or no. 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So make sure to check out Cal Sheep link in the pinned comment and the description down below. Thank you once again to Cal Sheep for sponsoring this video. I want to press further onto this comment from Mike McCarthy and the article supporter first complained about the back issue, we think all the way back to training camp. And I mean, something not being talked about right now. They're obviously at a standoff, right? Like Omar Khan hasn't made the decision to sign Joey Porter, Jr., or at least hasn't made the decision to give him the guarantee that he wants JPJ hasn't signed his extensions. Neither of them are really moving. Now, there's a lot of conversations, like I just mentioned, about a potential trade about how, you know, they're going to figure it out. We don't know at this point. All I'm focused on now. Sure, we can talk about trades until the wheels, you know, fall off to the cows, come home at the end of the day. I'm focused on the Steelers winning this upcoming game on Sunday. So it is going to be interesting. Now, something else that's notable here is Jamel Dean. So he was on the team's injury report by the ankle injury that he suffered last Sunday. But we got an update literally moments ago from Nick Faribault. Jamel Dean says he doesn't anticipate his ankle injury impacting his availability this week, and he expects to play, which is a huge, huge deal, obviously, because if you're without Joey Porter, Jr., and if you're without Jamel Dean, you know, you're going to have to start getting to the depth there outside of Asante Samuel, Jr. So I think things are feeling pretty good. Now, something else came out about, you know, the O-line, and that's Spencer Anderson. So supposedly, according to Mark Kabali, Spencer Anderson suffered a bone break in his leg against New England. So everyone was giving him crap, rightfully so, for his atrocious game. Not just him. I mean, you can point fingers at Dylan Cook. You can point fingers at Troy Fitanu. But Spencer Anderson got the blunt of the blame. And I don't even know if that's true. He got a lot of the blame, right? But apparently, he actually broke his leg, I guess, or a bone in his leg against New England, which means they now, you know, people are saying, you know, it's a good thing. It's obviously horrible. Hopefully, he recovers well. But they were probably going to make some move like this anyway, to kind of switch up the O-line. And I would not be surprised now. And signs are starting to point to Max Einacher starting the game on Sunday, which is very, very good news. And you can see here, it's, or this is obviously JPJ, but there's reports about Mr., you know, Max Einacher playing this upcoming Sunday. So comment down below what your thoughts are on that. You can see here from Fitapaldo, there are indications during the open media viewing window, that the Steelers are going to move forward with Brock Hoffman at the right guard and number one pick Max Einacher at right tackle. So multiple moves here. Obviously, you know, they probably should have started with this, but I respect them giving the veterans, quote unquote, even though Cook isn't a veteran, a shot. A few other updates to go over before we do wrap up as well here, Rico Doudle, he's out of the boot, but he's not in the uniform. He's going to miss the game on Sunday. So we're going to have to see, you know, who do they give runs going to be, you know, Travis Homer, Lou Nichols. We'll have to wait and see. Jalen Warren. Also, he was in uniform, but had a limited day yesterday. I hope he's going to be good at this point. A lot of limited participants and then Jamel Dean and Jalen Ramsey were DNP. They're working an individual Jamel is expected to play at the end of the day. We don't know yet on Jalen Warren, but we're going to have to wait and see. It's going to be Jalen Ramsey star and Jalen Warren, but it's going to be a wild, wild week ahead. And I think at this point, folks, I'm ready for the I want to get Joey Porter Jr. back in action. Like they need him. And obviously, the number one thing they need to fix is their offense, which is why this offensive line update is very encouraging. This obviously sucks for Spencer Anderson, but getting Brock Hoffman and Max Hunter can't be worse than it was last week. Now, at the same time, DK Metcalf, he needs to catch balls. Everyone kind of needs to step up. And, you know, one guy who did really well last week was Jeremy Bernard. We're going to have to see how how he does. There's just a lot happening right now. But comment down below. Do you want to see Spencer Anderson be replaced by Max? I'm not sure. Where do you guys kind of view that? Because at this point, it's not looking great for a few of their offensive players like again, Rico Dado. We're going to have to wait. He's not participating today. So bearing a pretty impressive recovery, he's probably going to be out Sunday. And yeah, it is. It is wild. More injury updates coming. More injury reports. And we'll keep you up to date every step of the way. So if you don't want to miss any more Pittsburgh Steelers videos, Pittsburgh Steelers content, make sure to hit that subscribe button. Thank you guys for watching. We'll see you in the next one.