For a second straight summer, Cameron Heyward isn't practicing for contract-related reasons. Last year, Heyward's hold-in ultimately led to a two-year contract extension. The Steelers' veteran defensive tackle is now looking for that contract to be reworked ahead of the 2025 season.

Last week, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Steelers All-Pro defensive end Cam Heyward was holding in while seeking a new contract. Heyward addressed the issue with the media today and confirmed the news.

Cam Heyward is currently at Steelers training camp, but the defensive lineman isn’t ruling out a holdout if he and the team can’t renegotiate a contract extension he signed last year. The Steelers defender told reporters on Monday that his camp approached the Steelers about his contract during the scouting combine in February and indicated that the organization asked him to take a pay cut in 2023 after he had a season riddled with injuries.