Cameron Heyward may have a big decision to make this Sunday.

On Sunday, the Steelers host the Oakland Raiders in a pivotal battle for position in the AFC playoff hunt. Heyward's family may also be adding a new member to the family at about the same time. According to Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Heyward and his wife, Allie, are expecting their first baby, a boy, on Sunday.

“Man, I am just trying to get this baby here now,” Heyward said after Wednesday's practice. “I don't think it will come to that (having the baby on Sunday). I have my fingers crossed (that the baby comes) sooner rather than later.”

According to Kaboly, Heyward did not say whether or not he will skip the game if his wife goes into labor on Sunday, but "hinted" that he would most likely be there for the birth of his son over facing the Raiders on Sunday.

“I haven't even thought about it that way,” Heyward said. “I would love to be there for my son and I want to be there for the first time he comes into the world.”

If Heyward and Stephon Tuitt, who still nursing a knee injury, don't play on Sunday, the Steelers would be left with Steve McLendon, Cam Thomas and rookie L.T. Walton at defensive end against an Oakland team that put 34 points on the board last Sunday against the Jets.

Heyward's situation brings to mind other NFL players have played before on the day of their child's birth. In 1991, Washington's Charles Mann had two sacks in helping the Redskins defeat the Eagles just hours after watching his wife give birth to the couple's son. Mann and the Redskins won the Super Bowl that season, a scenario that Heyward and the Steelers can hopefully replicate this season.

