Cowboys CB Joey Porter Jr. to play against 49ers

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images | Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys stand a chance. ESPN’s Todd Archer reported on Sunday morning that cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is slated to play on Sunday against San Francisco. No drama with Joey Porter Jr. today. Told by a source he is playing. He was listed as

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What is the story about?

The Dallas Cowboys stand a chance.

ESPN’s Todd Archer reported on Sunday morning that cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is slated to play on Sunday against San Francisco.

As Archer noted, Porter Jr. was on the injury report this week with an ankle/heel injury. Whatever was ailing him, it is clearly not something that is going to limit him to the point that he wouldn’t be able to play against

the 49ers.

Given what led to Porter Jr. landing with the Cowboys, his whole contract holdout with the Pittsburgh Steelers, some have been wondering if his absences since joining Dallas have been contract-related. When you are losing games there are all sorts of things that get said and wondered about.

Whatever you believe, he is set to play on Sunday and that is great news for the Cowboys. They are massive underdogs, but if they are going to pull off any kind of upset it will be because Porter Jr. is playing.