Heyward brings intensity to field

By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

His face streaked with sweat, defensive end Cameron Heyward put down the helmet and shoulder pads he has been carrying as part of his rookie indoctrination.

Asked to put a wrap on his first NFL training camp — and one of the stranger ones of the 46 that the Steelers have staged at St. Vincent College — Heyward instead offered a correction.

"It's not over yet," he said late Tuesday afternoon. "We've got one more day."

The Steelers will indeed practice one more time before leaving Latrobe. And while Wednesday's drills are closed, it is pretty safe to say that Heyward will wring everything he can out of them.

His relentlessness is one of the things that stood out during the camp that lasted nearly three weeks. Heyward's all-out playing style landed him in practice scuffles on consecutive days this week. It also led to a sitdown with some of the Steelers' offensive linemen.

They talked to Heyward about stopping when the whistle blows during lineman-on-lineman drills, although starting left tackle Jonathan Scott said it was no big deal.

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This guy ( to steal a phrase from Gruden ) is going to be great.

He certainly seems to have the right mentality. I don't want to get too excited after one preseason game, but he seems to have a lot of potential.

Wallace108 wrote:

He certainly seems to have the right mentality. I don't want to get too excited after one preseason game, but he seems to have a lot of potential.

Yeah, I loved the Suh-like tackle against the Skins. I'm pretty excited to see how he develops. He sorta reminds of Pouncey last year coming in as rookie and kicking ass, although, obviously, he won't nearly get the same amount of playing time.