Heyward, a team captain, has always been a fixture at every stage of offseason workouts as a leader and example. He's already skipped the first phases, however, and he made clear on his Not Just Football podcast that he won't be at voluntary OTAs, either.
They are called voluntary because they are genuinely voluntary. Formally, no team can penalize any player in any way based on their decision to not attend. And you probably rarely see 100 percent full attendance around the league, anyway.
Heyward did not tell the Steelers about his threat to skip OTAs, preferring to announce it on his podcast, 'Not Just Football'. It's quite possible that the Steelers don't want to commit to Heyward beyond this season, considering the circumstances.
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