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Mike Florio#15 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 18, 2026

Florio writes that Joey Porter Jr. will sit out Pittsburgh's second game of the 2026 season amid their contract standoff, and suggests the holdout could persist until the Steelers trade them.

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Waiting2 calls, none settled yet

—Average accuracynothing settled yet

—A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

0 of 2Settled2 still waiting

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What Mike Florio said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

For now, he won’t put on a uniform for the second game of the 2026 season.

Mike Florio, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was published: NBC Sports
The piece: Report: Steelers have received no serious trade inquiries about Joey Porter Jr.
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1Availability Calls“For now, he won’t put on a uniform for the second game of the 2026 season.”
2Joey Porter Jr. to stay put“And it’s possible Porter will continue to not play until the Steelers trade him for whatever they can get.”

Box score

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Verdict	Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
	“For now, he won’t put on a uniform for the second game of the…”¹	Availability Calls	—	—	—	—
	Joey Porter Jr. to stay put²	Trade and Signing Calls	—	—	—	—
	2 calls · 2 waiting			—	—

How each call scored

2 checkable claims — 1 availability call and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.

Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

1Availability Calls Joey Porter Jr.Pittsburgh Steelers
“For now, he won’t put on a uniform for the second game of the 2026 season.”
VerdictWaiting
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2Trade and Signing Calls Joey Porter Jr.
Joey Porter Jr. to stay put
VerdictWaiting
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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