Daily News & Links: Hilarious Cam Heyward Story; Jarring Steelers Red Zone Stat

Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cam Heyward
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Hayward at practice on Jan. 3, 2024. -- Ed Thompson / Steelers Now

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Hayward at practice on Jan. 3, 2024. -- Ed Thompson / Steelers Now

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? Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman shared a story of how Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward once knocked his teeth out during a chest bump celebration when the two were at Ohio State. Freeman was a graduate assistant at the time. Former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel said Heyward only knows one speed.

? Former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward broke bread and watched the latest “Bad Boys” movie with some of the Arizona State football team. Ward was hired as the Sun Devils’ wide receivers coach in April.

? The Steelers had the second-lowest pass rate (36%) inside the 10-yard line last season, according to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football.

? Steel City Star posted a throwback clip of a Miller Lite commercial starring L.C. Greenwood.

? Former NFL general manager Michael Lombardi thinks Brandon Aiyuk’s agent should hammer home that his client averaged 17 yards per catch in 2023.

“If I’m his agent I’m telling the 49ers that I’m the one WR on this team that can win on the outside,” Lombardi said on the Pat McAfee Show.

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