The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted DeMarvin Leal in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. While he has fallen short of expectations so far, his teammates and coaches are optimistic that 2024 will be different. Even Leal acknowledges that he has grown up some this year, becoming more of a professional. For Cameron Heyward, it’s more than that.
“I wouldn’t even say he was ‘rookie Leal’”, Heyward said on the WDVE Morning Show, pushing back a bit on the framing of a question about Leal’s purported immaturity last year. “I think now he understands the playbook a lot more”.