The NFL announced on October 22, 2026 that the Steelers-Saints game in Paris would proceed despite planned protests, with contingency plans in place. The Saints stayed in Versailles and the fallback would have been New Orleans; the Steelers' hotel sat about a half mile from the unrest, contingencies were never activated, and the team took a red-eye arriving Friday night before going straight to the practice field. Fan events in Bastille and Pittsburgh were canceled and security was reinforced with French and U.S. departments. After the game, Aaron Rodgers said the league should mandate Sunday or Monday arrivals, called the 17th game a greed-driven revenue move, and took an indirect shot at the Rooneys; he has since proposed a 16-game…