Steelers’ Cameron Heyward ‘prepares’ to play on Sunday Sunday

Pittsburgh – in the middle of a long-lasting contract agreement with Pittsburgh SteelersDefensive captain and four-storey all defensive line line liners Cameron Heyward He said Friday, he “prepares” when he asked if he was going to play in relation to that New York Jets On Sunday.

However, Heyward did not commit himself to the Team season opener field.

“I’m getting ready,” he said. “There’s still time, but we’ll see.”

He asked whether his wrist status was playing on the completion of the revised contract, Heyward was vague.

“I wish I had a direct answer for you now,” he said. “All I can tell you is that I had to have a lot of hard conversations with my family.”

Heyward is equally vague about its level of optimism that the contractual situation will be resolved until Sunday.

“I wish I could be more optimistic, but (i) just try to stay in the moment,” he said. “I don’t have all the answers, so I’m just waiting for more than me and see what happens.”

Although Heyward refused to give the definitive status for Sunday, his trainers and teammates were firmly to expect to play at the Metlife Stadium.

“Absolutely,” the Defensive Coordinator Teril Austin said. “He practiced, so I guess he’s playing.”

Heyward admitted that Steeleri usually did not negotiate in the contracts in the season, on Sunday Sunday de Facto deadline for something to work out. The 36-year-old said he did not think about his availability for the rest of the season if the agreement does not work the official start of the regular season.

“I don’t want to have to think about it,” he said. “I would like to think that overwhelming colder heads and move forward, but if it achieves it, we will cross that bridge when we get there.”

Heyward was short late in campaign training in the middle of frustration on the state of negotiations, but returned to practice and participated in individual and team periods beginning 19. August. He was the whole participant every day in everyday day of free on Thursday, except for his usual day on Thursday.

“It’s not like I wasn’t just doing anything,” Hayward said about the association. “It was on the page still ready. Some of her are design, because I was to get me out of my period, but I still have to be in the field or not. I would like to be well prepared in case I’m well prepared.”

Heivard’s request for processed contract to increase his compensation from 2025. years after he deserved all-pro season for storing in which eight bags, 11 patent passages and 20 quarterly hits after the campaign of 2023. Years.

Heyward originally signed a two-year extension of $ 29 million in September 2024. years after playing only 11 games in the previous year with groin and basic injuries, putting it in a contract throughout the 2026.

According to Outhecap.com, its contract is the average annual value of $ 14.5 million interest is the interest of 23. For the internal defense can. Heyward said he told Steeleri that he was planning to review the contract after the 2024 season. Year if he deserved all-Promai. He added on Friday that he did not offer any incentives to increase the value of his contract if he earned a prestigious honor.

“Not a lot of players became incentive here,” he said. “A lot came from just an opportunity. There are different ways to deal with the situation, and if it’s time, and if it was at the time, but would it be at that time, and would it be at the time, and would it be That was the time, but would I be on it. “

As part of the agreement 2024. year, Heyward was guaranteed 13.45 million dollars a guaranteed bonus for 2025. Year to bring its total compensation for the year to 14.75 million dollars. Heyward is set to earn a Roster bonus of $ 12.95 million in the year of the League 2026. years if he remains in the list, but his contract has no guaranteed money after this season.

“It’s a unique situation,” Heyward said. “Many guys don’t play late in the thirties, especially in my position. And then I was injured and I was back in motivation, and I agreed. And that was that it agreed to that as motivation.

“They could cut me Now, and they right after the season them. So there’s Give and Take On That, and Can’t Talk Openly about It, and I Had to work through this for myself. And I Know I Haven’t Been As Forward About This Stuff Because I’ve Just Been Trying To Work Through Answers and Questions, but it’s something that I’ve had to think about. “

Heyward was also chosen to be a team captain for 11. years in a row earlier this week, and he said that his situation was not distracting with his teammates in the middle of preparation for the brides.

“I opened openly with my teammates,” Heyward said. “I’ve never wanted to be deterred or thinking differently. If they had a question, they managed to contact me and we had informal formal conversations about it, but every team meeting here knows how I feel.”

Heyward also defended himself from negative reactions from fanbase about his contract negotiations and unsafe status of the game.

“There are loud voices and everyone has opinion, but I can’t control it,” he said. “If You know how I work, You know how Matters. I have to make a decision for my family. This is a business. And Cannot Play this Game Forever and Just Like I’m Maximized On The Field, I Want To Be Maximized Outside of It’s I Don’t Want To Be Taken Care Of That Way. It’s Not Being Greedy, It’s Just The Way This game is. It’s Not for Long, NFL. So I Would Tell Every Guy, Maximize Your Opportunities and Keep Going From Back. “