The Steelers and defensive lineman Cam Heyward have beaten the clock.

Given Pittsburgh’s well-established (and entirely illogical) rule that no contracts will be negotiated during football season, the Steelers and Heyward have reached an agreement on a revised contract for 2025.

Via NFL Network, the team has added “ more than $3 million ” in incentives to Heyward’s pay for 2025. The extra payments are premised on the team making it to the playoffs, and winning playoff games.

The Steelers last won a postseason game in the 2016 season.

Before the 2024 season, Heyward signed a two-year, $29 million extension to a contract that otherwise ran through 2024. He said last month that he told them he’d be back at the table, after making the All-Pro team. And he did.

But the Steelers didn’t

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