Steelers Exercise 5th-year option on DE Cameron Heyward

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  1. mnagy

    mnagy Steelers Writer

    The NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement contains a provision that allows teams to exercise a fifth-year option on players picked in the first round starting with the 2011 draft. As part of the rookie wage scale that is a part of the current CBA, all draft picks are required to sign four-year contracts, and for No. […]

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