He’s played in 211 games so far in his career, including 176 starts and counting, but for Pittsburgh Steelers’ All-Pro and team captain Cameron Heyward, one game out of those 211 in his career stands out to him.
In multiple ways, too, not just for his play on the field in that game but also because of how emotionally charged the game was.
That would be the Christmas Eve 2022 game against the Las Vegas Raiders at then-Heinz Field on a very cold night. For Heyward, who hosted the latest episode of his “Not Just Football with Cam Heyward” podcast from Dublin, Ireland earlier in the week, that game was not only a great performance for him, but it was also an emotional one due to the death of Steelers’ franchise icon Franco Harris just four days prior, right before his No.