{"id":22897,"date":"2025-08-07T13:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/heyward-seeks-raise-and-doesnt-practice-tension-in-the-steelers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:58:17","slug":"heyward-seeks-raise-and-doesnt-practice-tension-in-the-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/heyward-seeks-raise-and-doesnt-practice-tension-in-the-steelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Heyward Seeks Raise and Doesn&#8217;t Practice: Tension in the Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cameron Heyward Seeks to Improve His Contract with the Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers&#8217; standout defensive tackle, Cameron Heyward, who has been named All-Pro four times, is seeking a salary increase. Internal sources reveal that Heyward has not fully participated in summer practices while awaiting the restructuring of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Heyward has two years remaining on his current contract. For this season, his salary is $14.75 million, of which $13.45 million has already been earned as a roster bonus, which will be paid throughout the season. In 2026, he is scheduled to earn $14.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Heyward is projected as the thirty-sixth highest-paid defensive lineman in the NFL this season, and the eighteenth among defensive tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Although Heyward and the Steelers have discussed this issue privately, no progress has been made on the contract renegotiation. As a result, the player has not fully participated in training camp.<\/p>\n<p>At 36 years old, Heyward, who has been a long-time Steelers captain, was selected All-Pro for the fourth time in 2024. This makes him the first defensive lineman over 35 to be named All-Pro since Bruce Smith in 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Heyward Seeks to Improve His Contract with the Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers&#8217; standout defensive tackle, Cameron Heyward, who has been named All-Pro four times, is seeking a salary increase. Internal sources reveal that Heyward has not fully participated in summer practices while awaiting the restructuring of his contract. Heyward has two years remaining on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[6968,6969,65,1070],"class_list":{"0":"post-22897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-all-pro","9":"tag-cameron-heyward","10":"tag-contract","11":"tag-steelers"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}