Cam Heyward and Chris Boswell are certainly allowed to ask or make their contract demands known. But it doesn’t mean the Steelers have to budge — nor should they, at least when it comes to potentially signing both to new deals.

The fact both are unhappy with their current agreements, leaked to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday, caught many of us by surprise, in large part because Boswell never does a ton this early and Heyward has mostly been around and active, the Steelers seemingly saving his 36-year-old body.

The reaction to their demands also surprised me.

While more often than not, players have fan sentiment on their side, that’s not my sense here. Most don’t want to hear it. They’re already peeved over a lack of playoff success, Heyward just did this last offseason and it doesn’t f

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