In one sentence, Cam Heyward summed up Tyson Alualu’s season better than anyone could. It’s not often we’re talking about a 30-something year old player having a “breakout” year. But Alualu made the transition to nose tackle look easy and the Steelers’ defense didn’t skip a beat for the first half of the season.
Joining Steelers.com’s Missi Matthews virtually, Heyward praised Alualu’s performance.
“To have Tyson in the middle who really broke out for us,” Heyward said. “You really don’t get to say that often when you have a 33 year old playing at the top of his game.