Cam Heyward isn’t fully practicing, wants a revised contract

[feltdizz]

Heyward has plenty of leverage.

Behind him on the depth chart are Logan Lee and Isaiahh Loudermilk, either of those two players would be a massive downgrade.

especially coming off 2024 with a big year.

I certainly hope these rookies are everything folks want them to be because it means the DL will be nasty this year but these rookies can’t hold a candle to Cam based off camp and they didn’t make any noise in the first preseason game.

[WindyCitySteel]

exactly.. Cam out here eating a nice fatburger and then see’s Watt walk by with a big ass NY strip steak.

They’re (supposed to be) paying for future production, not past. Cam is 36, TJ is 30. Cam has earned $131M in his career and can eat at the finest restaurants in the world for the rest of his life.

ONCE again, he could have bet on himself last year but wanted the security of the 2 extra years. Now he wants it both ways after he’s already banked $13M this spring.

He’s ****ing up.

[Chucktownsteeler]

They’re (supposed to be) paying for future production, not past. Cam is 36, TJ is 30. Cam has earned $131M in his career and can eat at the finest restaurants in the world for the rest of his life.

The mystery around this defense (and this season will tell) is opposing defenses have it figured out. We saw some of that last season. Chip, chip Watt and get the ball out fast.

We saw that against the B-Ups Saturday night as well. The jags QBs uniforms won't need cleaned this week. Get the snap and get the ball out.

The NFL is a plagiaristic league and so far they have copied this formula with success. Tell me again how many sacks Watt had in the last 4 games and 1 playoff game last season. Does it rhyme with hero?

[feltdizz]

They’re (supposed to be) paying for future production, not past. Cam is 36, TJ is 30. Cam has earned $131M in his career and can eat at the finest restaurants in the world for the rest of his life.

ONCE again, he could have bet on himself last year but wanted the security of the 2 extra years. Now he wants it both ways after he’s already banked $13M this spring.

He’s ****ing up.

I knew the analogy would go over your head. Pretty sure most of us can afford a nice steak.

The point is Cam played top 5 football at his position and is being paid outside the top 20 for interior DL.

Like I said, I don’t expect him to make top 5 money due to his age but the man is still balling out so I’m not surprised he wants more.

[feltdizz]

Cam breaks silence.

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Four-time first-team All-Pro defensive tackle Cameron Heyward hasn’t participated in team drills at practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers this summer. That’s because Heyward is seeking a new contract after arguably the best campaign of his career at 35 years old.

Heyward addressed his contract situation in front of reporters Monday.

“I’m looking for my contract to be addressed,” Heyward said, via The Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s Chris Adamaski. “When I look around, at my position, I’m like 22nd as a D-tackle, I’m 36th as a D-lineman. I know what I bring to this team and what I’m capable of on and off the field.

“It’s hard for me, after the year that I had, to really justify playing at the number I’m playing at,” Heyward added. “I understand I signed a contract last year. But to be completely honest with you, when I signed that, I told them, ‘When I have an All-Pro year, expect me to come back


“I think everybody kind of giggled a little bit, but in my head, I used it as motivation to go out there and prove it.”

Heyward also explained that the Steelers asked him to take a pay cut before the 2024 season. That was part of the contract extension the defensive tackle signed last season.


Heyward possesses an average annual salary of $14.5 million on the extension he signed last year. According to Sportsrac that’s tied for 35th among all defensive linemen.

The potential future Hall of Fame defensive lineman badly outplayed that contract amount. Heyward posted 71 combined tackles, including 12 tackles for loss, 20 quarterback hits, eight sacks and 11 pass defenses in 17 games.

Behind those statistics, he made first-team All-Pro for the first time in three years.