LATROBE, Pa. -- Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain Cameron Heyward , amid a hold-in, strongly suggested Monday he would be willing to miss regular season games as he seeks to renegotiate a contract extension signed in 2024.

"There are definitely options out there that could reflect that," he said in his first public comments since ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Heyward's hold-in and contract request last week.

He added: "My goal is to be out here, and I don't know what's going to happen. I've had to be honest with myself to be ready for every option. And has it gone the way I wanted to go? No. If it did, I would be out there playing and practicing, but I'd like to put this in the rear-view mirror and worry about ball and worry about [the] New York Jets [in] Week 1.

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