{"id":756806,"date":"2026-02-16T21:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756806\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:40:14","slug":"you-broke-the-brotherhood-bruh-james-harrison-responds-to-joey-porter-sr-s-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756806\/","title":{"rendered":"‘You Broke The Brotherhood, Bruh’: James Harrison Responds To Joey Porter Sr.’s Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joey Porter Sr. criticizing Ben Roethlisberger grabbed the headlines, but his rant didn\u2019t stop there. Lost in the noise was a pointed jab at James Harrison. Porter took exception to Harrison\u2019s comments about Mike Tomlin not being a great coach<\/a>, saying it was Tomlin who helped deliver him a borderline Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said I should be more loyal to him because my name Deebo, I had three, four Pro Bowls, Defensive Player of the Year. So when you say these things, it implies that he gave me it,\u201d Harrison said Monday on his Deebo and Joe Podcast<\/a>. \u201cFirst, he didn\u2019t give me the name Deebo, Brett Keisel gave me the name Deebo. He didn\u2019t make me the only undrafted player to ever win Defensive Player of the Year and get paid $50 million. Again, implying that it was given to me undeservingly. It wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Be that as it may, somebody had to give him the opportunity in the first place. Bill Cowher cut him multiple times, while Tomlin believed in him and gave him the opportunity to be great. Tomlin stepped in and immediately chose Harrison over Porter. Had the Steelers retained Porter, it would have been a much slower ascent to the Harrison that we all know today.<\/p>\n

On Cam Heyward\u2019s Not Just Football podcast<\/a>, Porter revealed that he spoke privately with Harrison after some of his comments last month. Those private conversations bled into public space after Porter decided to speak out last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was recorded, you would\u2019ve thought it was on and popping. I hung up,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cWe brothers, brothers fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The irony of it all is that Porter\u2019s initial beef was team drama being aired out in public rather than behind closed doors. He apparently chose to fight fire with fire.<\/p>\n

The week of Steelers drama continues with two of the best pass rushers in franchise history going back and forth with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething else that he said, Ben and I broke the brotherhood,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cFirst, Mike ain\u2019t my brother. We broke the brotherhood? You broke the brotherhood, bruh, more than we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he has done before, Harrison outlined what he sees as Tomlin\u2019s coaching flaws, including a lack of a coaching tree, a decade without a playoff win, and poor first- and second-round drafting.<\/p>\n

Harrison also defended Roethlisberger, highlighting his growth as a person since the early years when Porter was his teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven could be an asshole. That\u2019s facts. He became the youngest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl. Hell yeah that\u2019s gonna stroke my ego,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cBut over time he has matured and grown up.\u201d<\/p>\n

All things considered, Harrison took the high road in his response to Porter compared to some of his more explosive podcast rants over the last year. He said they are brothers, made sure to keep the focus on his rift with Tomlin, and defended Roethlisberger while acknowledging some of his past flaws.<\/p>\n

Now all attention will shift to Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s Footbahlin podcast on Tuesday evening. Whether he chooses to cool things down\u2014or add another log to the fire\u2014remains to be seen.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joey Porter Sr. criticizing Ben Roethlisberger grabbed the headlines, but his rant didn\u2019t stop there. Lost in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[83800,7,2710,33851,6,691],"class_list":{"0":"post-756806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-deebo-and-joe","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-james-harrison","11":"tag-joey-porter-sr","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-trending"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116082483819016869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}