For a long time, Cameron Heyward jokingly complained about a preferential bias that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had for Lawrence Timmons, calling him his ‘first son’, because he was the first draft pick Tomlin had ever made. Timmons would get all the close calls in practices, even in the sprints. Even if he false started.
Everybody from the 2007-2009 classes are gone now, though. Maurkice Pouncey and Heyward are the longest-tenured Tomlin draft picks still on the team in 2020, the former the first-round pick in 2010, the latter the first-rounder for 2011.