Questions about retirement become inevitable when athletes start getting into their 30s, in the vast majority of cases. Perhaps some sports have greater or lesser shelf lives, but when it comes to the NFL, 30 tends to be the sweet spot for how long the careers of good players last, give or take a few years.
And it’s no surprise that Pittsburgh Steelers DL Cameron Heyward has faced those questions—often with no help from himself—the last couple years.
He has seemed to try to end that annual talk this year by making it very clear from the outset that he has the desire to continue to play.