Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward seemed to find his way into scrums during practice from the word go. As it turns out, that may not have been entirely his own doing. He relayed the story of his ‘welcome to the NFL’ moment on his Not Just Football podcast yesterday, explaining how the offensive line worked to break in the shiny new draft pick.
“The o-line just started to jump me. That was their way of welcoming the young boy to the group”, he said. I came to the sideline and [defensive line coach John Mitchell], ‘You can fight back.