Cameron Heyward and his agent spent seven months negotiating with the Pittsburgh Steelers only to walk away nearly empty-handed. Yes, the team bent some franchise precedents to tweak his deal at the eleventh hour, but it wasn’t a real sweetener. It was more like Splenda in a cup of gas station coffee.
“I would be willing to bet that Cam Heyward won’t agree that his contract was settled with any form of satisfaction there,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac said Monday via 102.5 WDVE’s Morning Show with Randy Baumann. “It’s obviously better than nothing, but basically it’s not a whole lot more than nothing unless they get a playoff run and he’s very productive
“It’s not what he was seeking.