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Ben Roethlisberger: Steelers Have Luxury Of Bringing Joey Porter Jr. Along Slowly

Although Pittsburgh Steelers rookie CB Joey Porter Jr. has been impressive in training camp, he isn’t guaranteed a starting role. And that is a good thing, according to Ben Roethlisberger. The former Steelers quarterback said the fact that CB Levi Wallace and Patrick Peterson can play in front of Porter this year could be huge for his development.

“The best thing for Porter is going to be that you don’t necessarily need him right now,” Roethlisberger said on his Footbahlin podcast. “We don’t need him this year. You don’t need him to come up and step up because [of] Levi Wallace and Pat Pete.