​The Dallas Cowboys made a lot of media members lose precious hours of sleep on Wednesday night when they completed a trade to bring in disgruntled Pittsburgh cornerback Joey Porter Jr. Porter has been at odds with his organization over his contract, as he sought a big increase his former organization was unwilling to pay.Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently hinted at a pending move, with his now famous quote that there’s “nothing more dangerous than an old man with money” following the team’s Week 2 win over Washington. Now, following their Week 3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens that saw their secondary further decimated by injury, Jones and the Cowboys front office has pulled off yet another major move.Dallas is sending two picks in Pittsburgh’s direction in order to acquire the former Penn State Nittany Lion. With this shaking up both organizations, there’s a ton of conversation surrounding a story that has more tentacles than a consortium of octopus. That’s what a group is called; we looked it up.Come back here for the latest updates as things progress on both the Cowboys and Steelers side of things.Trade DetailsCowboys send 2027 sixth-round pick (their own) and 2028 second-round pickSteelers send CB Joey PorterCowboys updated draft picks in 2027, 202805:26 PM ET, October 1 2026, K.D. Drummond2027 1st-round pick (1)2027 2nd-round pick (1)2027 4th-round pick (1)2028 1st-Round Pick (1)2028 3rd-Round Pick (1)2028 4th-Round Pick (1)2028 5th-Round Pick (1)2028 6th-Round Pick (2)For details of how the Cowboys reached having just three picks in 2027 and six in 2028, you can read the details of all of their recent trades at this link. Early thoughts on roster and scheme fit05:19 PM ET, October 1 2026, K.D. DrummondPorter allows the Cowboys some flexibility in the back end of their defense, which has been ravaged by injuries. Dallas entered their Week 3 game without safeties Malik Hooker and PJ Locke (IR) and cornerback Cobie Durant. They’d go on to lose safety Jalen Thompson (IR) and cornerback Shavon Revel. But Porter isn’t a depth piece, he’s a chess piece that fundamentally changes how the Cowboys are going to deploy their roster. Porter is a traveling boundary corner who will assume CB1 duties in Christian Parker’s defense. As he’s primarily a man-to-man corner, it will be interesting to see if he’s asked to play more zone or if Dallas is looking to change their zone-heavy approach they’ve used through the first three games of the season.The Cowboys plan man coverage approximately 30% of their snaps currently. Adding Porter to the outside could eventually shift Daron Bland into the slot, where he starred as a rookie before moving to the outside. They could also move Durant inside once he returns from his hamstring injury. Either could allow rookie Caleb Downs to play a more traditional box safety role opposite Malik Hooker, who could return as early as this week’s game against the Houston Texans.For those dominoes to fall, however, Durant and Revel wou