Dallas cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is ruled out for Thursday Night Football against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a late illness, with multiple outlets reporting he is scratched shortly before Dallas’ inactives were finalized at AT&T Stadium. CBS Sports and Newsweek also report he does not play, leaving Dallas without a prominent defensive piece.
The reports add context that Porter practiced fully earlier in the week and had no injury designation in Wednesday’s status update, which makes the late absence unexpected. One outlet attributes his illness to vomiting from a “bad virus,” while others describe it more generally as an illness. Several pieces also note this is Porter’s second game with Dallas after being traded from Pittsburgh, and that his workload earlier with the Cowboys had been limited, with expectations for a larger role that does not materialize in this matchup.
