Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Cameron Heyward is entering the final season of a six-year, $59.2 million contract he signed with the team in July 2015, but the All-Pro wants to remain in Pittsburgh well beyond 2020.
"We [assume] something will get done, but assuming—I will always use that saying: If you assume, that makes an ass out of you and me," Heyward told The Athletic's Mark Kaboly. "I have to be ready either way. I would love to be here for the rest of my career, and I feel I have plenty of good years ahead of me playing at a high level.