PITTSBURGH– On the eve of the very first regular-season week, the Pittsburgh Steelers protected their protective anchor for a minimum of five more years with a historic contract.
The Steelers and All-Pro defensive lineman Cameron Heyward have completed a five-year, $75.1 million extension, a league source informed ESPNs Jeremy Fowler late Sunday night. The beast contract yields the greatest per-year average for any protective gamer over the age of 30 in NFL history.
The deal includes the last year of Heywards present agreement and has $65.6 million in brand-new cash.
1 RelatedA 2011 first-rounder, Heyward, 31, is entering his 10th season with the Steelers coming off a nine-sack, Pro Bowl season. The Ohio State item, a starter for the past seven seasons, has 54 profession sacks and 117 quarterback hits.
Heyward relatively tweeted confirmation of the deal Sunday night, publishing a video of his head superimposed on Leonardo DiCaprios in a well-known scene from “The Wolf of Wall Street” in which DiCaprios character announces he isnt leaving. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger, JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Maurkice Pouncey and T.J. Watt also are photo-edited into the clip.
A defensive captain and the teams NFL Players Association player representative, Heyward was singing about his desire to remain in Pittsburgh throughout the offseason and grew noticeably annoyed as the window for the team to sign him to an extension got smaller.
The Steelers have a long-standing policy of not working out offers throughout the routine season, and the coronavirus pandemic slowed talks in between the 2 sides during the summertime.
” Y all know where I stand,” Heyward stated on Aug. 17. “I desire to be a Pittsburgh Steeler and lead this group to a Super Bowl. I love being a Pittsburgh Steeler.
What happened was an extension that keeps the Pittsburgh native in his home town for a minimum of 5 seasons.
” Y all understand where I stand,” Heyward stated on Aug. 17. “I want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler and lead this group to a Super Bowl. I enjoy my group. I like being a Pittsburgh Steeler.
