Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers star defensive lineman Cam Heyward made it clear he’s not trying ahead to cameras following the workforce all through the 2024 season.
“I hated it. I don’t wish to be on this,” Heyward instructed the “Not Simply Soccer” podcast when he spoke about his preliminary response to the information that the Steelers could be one of many groups featured within the in-season iteration of the favored docuseries.
Three completely different variations of the long-running sequence will air this yr.
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Cameron Heyward of the Steelers throughout the sport in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals at Acrisure Stadium on Dec. 3, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Photos)
“HBO’s Exhausting Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants” premiered on July 2. The Chicago Bears coaching camp and preseason can be documented within the conventional five-part format starting in August.
Lastly and for the primary time ever, the present will observe all 4 groups that compete in the identical division – the AFC North – all through the common season for “Exhausting Knocks: In Season.” Other than the Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals compete within the AFC North division.
Cameron Heyward of the Steelers runs onto the sphere throughout participant introductions earlier than the Tennessee Titans sport at Heinz Discipline on Dec. 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Justin Berl/Getty Photos)
The six-time Professional Bowler cited issues in regards to the potential damaging affect the present might have on the Steelers’ locker room dynamic. Heyward particularly pointed to the potential for conversations being aired which may be proven with out correct context.
“The locker room is the locker room, and I simply don’t need that getting tousled. There’s so many inside jokes, so many individuals,” Heyward stated. “There’s so many individuals, like, you’ll assume all people’s a jerk if you happen to heard every part. But it surely comes from a loving place, and it comes from a caring place. All of us wish to be higher, and we joke rather a lot. We poke and prod at one another, nevertheless it doesn’t all the time come off that means. And so, that’s the one factor I actually fear about.”
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive sort out Cameron Heyward and T.J. Watt rejoice sacking Bengals quarterback Jake Browning in Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photograph/Jeffrey Dean)
Heyward is scheduled to enter the 2024 season below the ultimate yr of his four-year contract with the Steelers.
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The 35-year-old has been with the Steelers for the reason that franchise drafted him within the first spherical of the 2011 NFL Draft. The Steelers open the season on Sept. 8 in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons.
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