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‘The Unsung Hero’: Cameron Heyward Praises Larry Ogunjobi’s Contributions To Game-Changing Plays

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The guys getting the interceptions often get a lot of the praise for the big plays, but usually there are some big guys up front who contribute to an errant throw. In the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 victory over the Atlanta Falcons, that player was DT Larry Ogunjobi.

“I think the unsung hero, I thought Larry Ogunjobi had a lot of great pressures that were critical to turnovers,” Cameron Heyward told reporters after the Steelers’ 18-10 win in a video posted by Steelers Live on X. “Just having that balance up front and on the back end, we could create some splash plays.