Cam Heyward and the NFL have reached agreement over his fines for wearing eye black honoring his late father, Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, reducing his fine with the stipulation he represent his father in other ways.

Heyward had a conference call with the league over the original fine of $5,787 for wearing the eye black during last week's Monday Night Football game against the San Diego Chargers.

Those totals are now significantly less, the source said.

Heyward displayed "IRON" and "HEAD" underneath his eyes, effectively violating the league's uniform policy.

Heyward took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to address the matter, writing that he had a "respectful exchange" with the league.

"I consider myself a team player and someone who puts others before myself, and I don't want to be a distraction to my teammates or the Steelers organization," Heyward wrote. "With that, I will not be writing on my eye black going forward anymore. I will be honoring my father in other ways on and off the field."

Heyward's camp pointed out to the league via conference call that Devon Still was not fined last year for wearing "Leah" and Strong" under his eyes during games, an honor to his daughter, Leah Still, in her fight with pediatric cancer.