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Heyward advocating to play for the browns?

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Mashburn, Jun 16, 2024.

  1. Mashburn

    Mashburn Well-Known Member

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    If we did leave his mom out, the earth would be flat.
     
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  2. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    I’m a bit disappointed in Cam for the public drama, but I will also say that the actual quotes of him aren’t quite as bad as the articles and many posts here make them out to be. He says that he wants to be a one helmet player, but he also plans to play in 2025. Those two things may be incompatible if there is a large gap between what the two camps think his value for 2025 and beyond is.

    None of us really know what’s being offered by either side in terms of dollars, years and all-important guaranteed money. I’m just doing the wait-and-see thing until something becomes more concrete. That said, Cam shouldn’t be publicly airing contract negotiation dirty laundry. He knows better.
     
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  3. steel machine

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    I certainly understand how so many think they still have it but don't. On a much much smaller scale it happened to me with Golf. I've always said a professional athletic has a mid life crisis a lot sooner then us mortal men.
     
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  4. steel machine

    steel machine Well-Known Member

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    That is a cool avatar. Hope to see it in the GDT's with this guy :sword:
     
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  5. steel machine

    steel machine Well-Known Member

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    "One helmet player" Never heard that before but it's a cool way to say you want to stay on one team.
     
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  6. TuRnDoWnForWaTT

    TuRnDoWnForWaTT Well-Known Member

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    The clock catches up with us all. No doubt.
     
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  7. Mashburn

    Mashburn Well-Known Member

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    In this new drama; that he started.
    I'm fine he wants too continue playing.
    I understand him going to another team, if the Steelers elect to not wanting to continue with him.
    But I'm not fine the way he is handling it name dropping the browns. That's a jab move.
     
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  8. CK 13

    CK 13 Well-Known Member

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    The doors open Cam don't let it hit you in the @ss. What a disappointment seeing him turn into a Drama Queen.

    Hopefully the Steelers don't flinch and just let him play out the season.
     
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  9. THREE RIVER SHIVER

    THREE RIVER SHIVER Well-Known Member

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    Always liked Cam, he has always been a team first guy and a solid player, but at the end of the day Cam has always came up small in the big games (playoffs)..prove me wrong
     
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  10. mikeyg

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    yes, he has. He has disappeared in the playoffs, at times. Our D has SUCKED in the playoffs, for the most part, since he has been here. he will be remembered as a great Steeler, but not one that played on a GREAT Steelers Defense.

    he is well past his prime.

    he is now trying to fleece us.

    Khan won't be conned.

    ;)
     
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  11. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    He was joking about the Browns thing. People still don’t know that Cam likes to joke around. He was asked to clarify if he wants to play for the Browns and he said, nah, I’m good.
     
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  12. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    Cam likes to talk about he's one of the 5 best at his position, how about showing up in the playoffs then. Players like Chris Jones and Aaron Donald stepped up in the playoffs for their team.
     
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  13. james weyandt

    james weyandt Well-Known Member

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    I just hope Cam was joking about going to :brownssuck:--because then he will suck and be nothing but a heaping pile of :poopy::poopy::poopy::poopy:-----:ACK!:
     
  14. Mashburn

    Mashburn Well-Known Member

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    Who jokes saying their wife mentioned it and they agree? And why even joke about that, after it's obvious he's clearly butthurt with not getting a contract.
     
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  15. Thor

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    Pretty sure he only mentioned them agreeing that having to play somewhere else next year was a possibility. The Cleveland references were a different statement.

    Not saying Cam couldn't have handled things better, but it's also got to be hard hitting this stage as a player.
     
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  16. Rocky Mtn

    Rocky Mtn Well-Known Member

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    No hostages held.
     
  17. Brice

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    I think Cam is just being an Ass this year and he is going out of his way to piss people off, just because he can. The talk of him taking a pay-cut this year, just dialed his Smart-Ass comments up to level 9.

    I hope.... Behind closed door with Tomlin and the Rooney's he is like I didn't mean any of that crap, just having fun with the dicks in the media. I have to get my pod-cast views up, so I can sell it to ESPN like Pat Mcaf.
     
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  18. Mashburn

    Mashburn Well-Known Member

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    I get you. But I really don't see any joke in any of this from the article.

    So unless Cam wants to say the journalist are lying, I don't see the joke.

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    "I have talked to my wife, and we know the reality, and we have had those talks, and she said it could be fun to play somewhere else," Heyward said, via The Athletic. "If that is what is needed to be done, then so be it."

    Heyward even mentioned where he could be looking to move, saying the Browns are a possible landing spot, if he does end up leaving Steel City.

    "I still have family in Cleveland ... my wife is from Cleveland. We will see. I am not trying to think about all that right now," Heyward said.
     
  19. doubleyoi

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    I didn’t see that anywhere. I did see he posted this

     
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  20. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    He said his wife has family there. He wasn’t serious about playing for them. He said no when directly asked about it.

    Maybe wait until the guy actually suits up for the Browns before killing him over it. Been a true Steeler his whole career, epitomes everything they are about. You all turn so easy.
     
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  21. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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  22. thorn058

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    This is one of those things that makes me again question the contract restructuring. I saw the post on NFL.com saying he wants to retire as a Steeler but his base pay this year is 16 million, I am assuming due to some restructuring that happens every year to guys that have nice fat contracts. They restructure, get that cash up front as a bonus and next years base pay goes way up and you end up with a 36 year old DLine coming off an injury plagued season where your numbers are down and you don't look as dominant. message board warriors start talking about these players worth and it hurting the team. Meanwhile the player wants to talk about an extension and the team has to look at a business decision vs loyalty to a player. At some point some of these players are going to realize that while the restructuring gets you your money faster, it also accelerates you into the category of we can get cheaper and younger by cutting you range. Helping the team is great, helping the team recover from stupid signings maybe not so great, putting yourself on the fast track to we don't need a 30+ yr old player making 10 million more that the league avg at the position is just plain dumb. Sign the contract, play the contract, get another deal done and don't get greedy for that money upfront. I've always liked Cam but he should know better, he has seen those tactics time and time again with this team.
     
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  23. Mashburn

    Mashburn Well-Known Member

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    He's the one who started the drama of going to the browns. I'm just saying.
     
  24. thorn058

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    You have to admire his trolling game. He hit the sweet spot for Steeler Nation without trying. It is by far way better than SDOT ever did.
     
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  25. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    It wasn’t due to restructuring. His last contract already included high base salaries for 2023 and 2024. I believe the last time Cam’s contract was restructured was 2021, maybe before the 2022 season as well, but I don’t think so looking at the numbers.

    Restructuring actually makes it harder to justify cutting a player by adding dead money to the remaining years of a contract.
     
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