This is a blow to theSteelers defense. Expect Porter to miss the first 2 games.
DENVER (AP) -- By all accounts, Joey Porter was simply minding his own business.That changed when the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker was shot just before 2 a.m. Sunday outside a bar following the Colorado-Colorado State football game.
"He was an innocent bystander," police spokesman Sonny Jackson said. "There was no confrontation or altercation that we know of at this time.""The bullet entered his left buttocks and is lodged in his right thigh," Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher said Sunday. "All the preliminary tests are being done and, at this time, it looks as though the bullet did not hit any vital organs. He is resting comfortably in the hospital and we are in the process of ... trying to fly him back here (Monday)."
Cowher did not speculate how long Porter would be out but did say the team wouldn't place him on injured reserve, which would sideline the linebacker for the season. Losing Porter for a substantial period would be a major blow to a defense that was the NFL's best in 2001 and ranked seventh overall last season.
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