Being teammates, at least active ones, is temporary. Being brothers is for life. So while Cameron Heyward may be the elder statesman guide in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room for Connor, he’s always going to be big brother.
We’ve seen that come up time and again over the course of the 2022 season from the time that the Steelers drafted Connor in the sixth round, 11 years after making Cameron their first-round draft pick in 2011.
The most notable moment by far was, of course, Connor’s first NFL touchdown in Atlanta, where he grew up. It was an emotional day for numerous reasons, not the least of which being the fact that they had just visited their late father’s grave in the area earlier in the day.