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Heyward signed to contract extension

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According to his Twitter. I'm sure numbers will come out shortly.

@CamHeyward: I love this organization! Very blessed and excited about continuing my career as a Steeler!
#somanythanks #greatday http://t.co/kcil0bsHal
 
@EdBouchette: Steelers sign Cam Heyward to six year contract

Dang! Six years!
 
6 years is good. Lets you spread out the initial signing bonus in year 1 over the first 5 years and then when you renegotiate at any point later it has a 6th year to dump some amortization.
 
^^^^ what he said. Lol!

@CamHeyward: never know how much it means 2 stay a steeler! I grew up admiring the steelers I bleed black & gold. Iron head is looking down with a smile
 
We should start guessing at the terms...

6-years, $70 million? $35 million guaranteed?
 
@AdamSchefter: Steelers signed DE Cameron Heyward to a 6-year, $59.25 million extension, as @EdBouchette reported.
 
He would have made 7 mil this year anyhow. even with that big bump up he wouldn't have cracked the top 20 dlinemen salaries. this new contract puts him closer to the top 10, but 3 yearsown the line he is going to be a 20 to 30 ranked salary. for a pass rushing 3-4 end, that is really good
 
with Cam and Tuitt together for the next several years, my guess is our linebackers are going to look great again
 
I would of liked to have seen Beachum get extended. I guess DeCastro is next. Beachum to the open market or the tag next season.
 
This is well deserved. One less thing to worry about next off season.
 
Good for Heyward, he is one of our best on "D" .don't seem like a bad deal, so good job front office as well.




Salute the nation
 
now give brown a pay raise, and lets see if Beachum will be worth on average 6-8 mill per year, he has gotten better i hope we can ink him to say 5 years 38 million with 12 mill in SB, I am very against to say let brown walk he is replace b/c WR that play with the heart he plays are A hard to develop B hard to find and C if they are available in FA will cost a boatload, just up brown's salaries, with beachum we can tag him and before the deadline work out a extension.

Wheaton may turn out to be as good as Sanders was with Denver, Bryant could if pours every ounce can be another Marshall or Julio. Coats they say if he beefs up could be as good as D.Thomas when polished.

Brown will not be easily replaceable if allowed to leave or traded there will be great growing pains for ben, I think say next year we ask ben to take a pay cut to help keep brown locked up at the market cost, up from 8-11-13 mill.
now no question get rid of cam thomas use the savings to put in a pool for cornerstone extensions
 
$10+M a year for 6 years for this guy? The best of a mediocre bunch?

Ridiculous

They better not spend on him and lose Antonio
 
Antonio is going nowhere.


But I think he needs to wait his turn..

I think DeCastro and Beachum deals need to be done.

6 years for each..............
 
Great signing! He is just now heading into his prime and we haven't seen his best. Plus, he has become one of the leaders on the D.
 
slashsteel said:
Antonio is going nowhere.


But I think he needs to wait his turn..

I think DeCastro and Beachum deals need to be done.

6 years for each..............
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Not sure they will sign both. I have seen articles where they say Beachum will get signed but not DeCastro and vice versa. I hope they can keep both at reasonable prices.
 
DeCastro is their next priority. Thought Heywards deal was a tad high.
 
New deal makes Cameron Heyward second-highest paid Steeler behind Big Ben

that's crazy talk


We should sign Antonio, DeCastro and Beachum first. The offense wins games on this team.
 
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News/views: Steelers extend Heyward six years
Posted by Dejan Kovacevic
By Dejan Kovacevic
News: The Steelers have signed Cam Heyward to a multiyear contract extension, the athlete just announced via his Twitter account.

Views: Ultimate no-brainer, even on a list of ultimate no-brainers.

The deal, confirmed by the team after the initial tweet, covers six years and $59.25 million. With an average annual pay of $9.86 million, he’s now the NFL’s 11th-highest paid defensive end. Here’s the full list, from Spotrac.

That’s massive money, but this is a critical player in this franchise’s future, and he’s anything but the type to disappoint.


Heyward, 26, is coming off a terrific 2014 in which he recorded a career-best 7 1/2 sacks, as well as 53 tackles, 33 of those solo, and four passes defensed. He also, intangibly, took his leadership to a new level on and off the field, particularly after fellow defensive end Brett Keisel was lost for the season.

It had been broadly understood this would be Heyward’s big extension year after his fifth-year option of $6,969,000 was exercised by the Steelers last April. That option is now wiped out. His salary last season was $1,289,322 and his cap hit $2,133,418.

“I love this organization!” Heyward tweeted. “Very blessed and excited about continuing my career as a Steeler! Never know how much it means to stay a Steeler! I grew up admiring the Steelers. I bleed black and gold. Ironhead is looking down with a smile.”

He might bleed black and gold, but he’s also good as gold. Here’s a talk we had just before the playoff game against the Ravens:


The latter was a reference, of course, to Craig ‘Ironhead’ Heyward, his late father and a former star at Pitt an 11-year NFL pro.

Cam Heyward’s role on the defense could see a dramatic upswing this fall, as new coordinator Keith Butler plans to unleash his ends for more pass rushing than was allowed under Dick LeBeau. The same applies to Heyward’s bookend mate Stephon Tuitt on the other side. LeBeau preferred to have his ends essentially block for the outside linebackers. Butler’s intent is to mix that up.

Regardless of that, again, this is one that doesn’t require opinion of any kind.

Now, onward to Kelvin Beachum. He’s got to come next, right?

Or does management try to calm Antonio Brown’s nerves?

Or both?
 
Everybody always talks about a home town discount. Doesn't happen. Players want paid and we pay them.... sometimes we pay them to much.
 
stillwright said:
Everybody always talks about a home town discount. Doesn't happen. Players want paid and we pay them.... sometimes we pay them to much.
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And this was not one of those times. Market value for a player of his caliber.
 
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