Cowboys Legend Sees Deion Sanders Trait in Joey Porter Jr. After Just Three Games

Deion Sanders is not having a great time as a coach, but his five seasons as a player with the Dallas Cowboys left an unforgettable mark on the franchise’s secondary. He started at left cornerback in Super Bowl XXX and made the Pro Bowl in each of his last four seasons in Dallas. During those legendary years, his aggressive press coverage at the line of scrimmage — combined with pride, physical disruption and trash-talking — made him a fan favorite. Former Cowboys safety Darren Woodson, who played alongside Coach Prime, recently commended the team’s new cornerback, Joey Porter Jr., for showing the exact traits Sanders built his Hall of Fame career on.Darren Woodson Compares Joey Porter Jr. to Deion SandersDallas acquired the 26-year-old Porter from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 30 in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick. The 2023 32nd overall pick made his debut as a Cowboy on Oct. 4 at Houston. After missing a Week 5 loss to Tampa Bay with an illness, he returned to the field against Green Bay and Philadelphia.Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. watches the action during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Barry Reeger-Imagn ImagesThrough those three games, he has recorded seven tackles and three passes defended. In this stretch, opposing quarterbacks have targeted him nine times. He has allowed just two receptions for 10 yards and an elite 39.6 passer rating. However, Dallas is 2-1 with him in the lineup but struggled at 1-3 without him.Woodson praised Porter’s elite mentality on his show after watching him play just those three games, saying, “I love the fact of how his approach to the game is. He doesn’t back down. He’s going to press you at the line of scrimmage; he’s not playing off much, doesn’t care who you are, and he’s going to take ownership of it.”While comparing Porter to Coach Prime, Woodson added, “I played with a guy in 21 in Deion Sanders, who kind of had that same pride and personality about him that I’m going to press you at the line of scrimmage and see what you got.”Woodson emphasized that he wants the rest of the defense to copy this aggressive attitude. He explained that he loves the idea of defensive backs physically disrupting wide receivers, getting in their ears, and talking trash to them.Because of his size and 34-inch arms, Porter could aggressively jam receivers at the start of the play.  But Woodson does not want to oversell Porter Jr. since he has only played three games.“I’m not sure if we can say he [Joey Porter] is going to shut down one side of the field,” Woodson said. “But let me tell you what, there is a difference and you can see the difference in the fact that Joey Porter came in, he’s a guy that’s going to be aggressive.”The 3-4 Cowboys will host the 2-5 Arizona Cardinals this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on FOX at AT&T Stadium. This marks Porter’s first true home game since a stomach illness sidelined him right before the Tampa Bay kickoff. While he is hoping for a good turnout, the game won’t be easy because the Cardinals have won the last four meetings against the Cowboys.More NFL News:What John Harbaugh Did Before New York Giants Pull Trigger on J.J. McCarthy TradeCarolina Panthers Fire Coach After Week 8 Loss vs. Green Bay PackersESPN Names Buffalo Bills’ Best Offseason Addition After Week 7Where Do the Seattle Seahawks Rank in NFL Power Rankings After Win vs. Chiefs?The post Cowboys Legend Sees Deion Sanders Trait in Joey Porter Jr. After Just Three Games appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.