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Jarvis Jones Returns To Practice And Other Participation Notes

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Today is the last practice before the Steelers take the field in Metlife Stadium on Saturday. Out of the men who were questionable according to coach Tomlin earlier, OLB Jarvis Jones was back at practice today. Jones has been nursing a groin injury.

LB Ryan Shazier was still sidelined today which shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s impossible to say whether his knee is truly just a “boo boo” as Mike Tomlin says, or if it’s not something more serious. NT Steve McLendon is still out with a concussion and WR Darrius Heyward-Bey was out as he recovers from a concussion as well.

WR Antonio Brown and S Troy Polamalu were given the day off. DE Cameron Heyward was also out today, presumably as a maintenance day as well. Lastly, OG Ramon Foster didn’t practice again today. While no specifics have been given about his absence, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was related to his finger. The lineman had an issue with it the other day in practice.

The Steelers are off tomorrow, and as Tomlin said earlier, those who are healthy will play. The availability of the questionable players will be an 11th hour decision according to Tomlin.

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Steelers Pick Up 5th Year Option On Cam Heyward’s Rookie Contract

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The Steelers announce this morning that they have exercised the fifth year option of DE Cam Heyward’s rookie contract.

There was some confusion about this on the web Monday, as NFL reporter Albert Breer mistakenly said that the team had picked up the option yesterday. By picking up the option, the team retains the rights to Hewyard through 2015. If they do not extend him before the 2015 season, he will earn a salary of $6.969 Mil, which is only guaranteed through injury. The price of the 5th year option is a little over half of what a franchise tag for defensive ends would cost.

While they could in theory release him after the 2014 season without risk, the team is going to want to work towards a long term extension with the defensive end.

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[Retraction] Steelers Have Not Exercised Heyward’s Option

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A few minutes ago we reported that the Steelers had picked up Cam Heyward’s 5th year option. Unfortunately, the report it was based on was incorrect. Albert Breer has corrected his earlier report, stating that he misspoke. The player he was referencing was actually Saints DE Cam Jordan.

Even though the team didn’t today, they most likely will pick up the option in the near future. At least Cam Heyward has a good sense of humor.

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Steelers Exercise Fifth Year Option For Cam Heyward

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The Steelers have exercised the fifth year option for Cam Heyward’s contract according to NFL reports.


The team had until May 3rd to pick up the option. By doing so, they retain the rights to him for an additional year for a salary of $6.969 Mil. That salary is considerably less than a franchise tag would be, so the option makes sense.

The salary is only guaranteed to injury, and the player can be released prior to the start of the 2015 season without penalty. The Steelers will obviously want to extend Heyward before that time.