Pittsburgh is a football city, unambiguously, unabashedly, and unmistakably. It’s a city in which you can tell whether or not the Steelers won most recently just by walking around and judging from the tone of the people around you.
There probably isn’t a more passionate fanbase in the NFL than the Steelers have, particularly in Pittsburgh. But nobody takes Steelers losses harder than the guys in the locker room and perhaps especially Cameron Heyward, who was born in the city.
“I take them very seriously. I’ve always been a fan of the Steelers, and it bugs me, it eats at me”, Heyward said about losses during his most recent Not Just Football podcast episode.