# Steelers-Saints in Paris

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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…

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## Segments

- [The Dan Patrick Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanpatrickshow), 2026-10-19, 26:28 to 29:59: **Reports the Paris game is still on as planned**. A caller's best-and-worst segment turns into a Paris discussion: the NFL tells Front Office Sports the Saints-Steelers game is still on as planned, and Schefter has the Saints already en route. Dan floats London, Pittsburgh or New Orleans as alternatives and notes the trip was nearly booked. New angle: The NFL says the Paris game is still on as planned, and the Saints are already on their way.
- [The Pat McAfee Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thepatmcafeeshow), 2026-10-19, 9:17 to 12:19: **Reports the NFL's no-disruption statement**. Runs the Paris game as a second story after the Steelers' comeback, reading the league's statement that the game is on and that there has been no disruption or impact at the league side. The unrest gets jokes, not reporting. New angle: The NFL says there has been no disruption or impact at the league side.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-20, 10:04 to 11:50: **Details the team's Paris travel plan and group rules**. Cam Heyward gives the team's own travel plan: a Thursday night flight around 7, Friday morning arrival, and no word from the NFL that the trip could be called off. He adds the players' instruction to stay in groups and not travel alone. New angle: Steelers players were told not to travel alone and to stay in groups in Paris.
- [The Dan Patrick Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanpatrickshow), 2026-10-22, 21:42 to 24:10: **Lays out the logistics of the Paris game**. Breer lays out the logistics of the Paris game: the Saints' red-eye from Newark, their Versailles base, and the league's contingency plans if Saturday's protests escalate. He frames it as a business priority because France has lagged other NFL markets. New angle: The Saints are staying in Versailles, and the NFL's fallback for the Paris game would be New Orleans.
- [The Bill Simmons Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebillsimmonspodcast), 2026-10-23, 33:37 to 36:12: **Details the league's security calls and hotel**. Pelissero details the league's security posture: daily NFL-NFLPA calls, contact with the U.S. government and French authorities, and a Steelers hotel about a half mile from the unrest. The league has not activated contingencies, and the concern is whether Paris police can handle a large Saturday protest. New angle: The Steelers' hotel is about a half mile from the unrest, and the NFL has not activated contingencies.
- [Pardon My Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/pardonmytake), 2026-10-23, 43:32 to 51:27: **Details the Steelers red-eye and no clock reset**. Previews the Paris game through the Steelers' travel: a red-eye in Friday night, straight to the practice field, no body-clock adjustment, which the hosts doubt for a 42-year-old Rodgers. Adds the Saints' kicking contingency and a Kellen Moore aside. New angle: The Steelers are taking a red-eye, arriving Friday night and going straight to the practice field.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-23, 20:33 to 23:10: **Leans Pittsburgh in Paris and argues for Australia**. Middlekauff weighs the Paris game and leans Pittsburgh because of the travel, then argues Australia becomes a yearly NFL fixture. The travel details and the Rodgers-McCarthy sideline spat are a retelling of what other shows already logged.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-23, 23:30 to 33:08: **Adds the scrapped Bastille fan event**. Picks up the Paris game from the safety side: the Steelers scrapped a fan event in Bastille while the game, six or seven miles off, stays on. The hosts read the decision as broadcast money talking, and land one new fact about the league's security posture. New angle: The Steelers canceled a fan event in Bastille; the NFL beefed up security with French and U.S. departments.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-23, 33:08 to 35:41: **Plays Rodgers' remarks on Paris safety**. Plays Aaron Rodgers' remarks in Paris, where he says he hasn't seen coverage of the demonstrations and trusts the NFL wouldn't have the game there if it were unsafe. Haden reads it as a player dodging a fine; Deebo takes it at face value. A first on-the-record player comment, argued over rather than reported out. New angle: Aaron Rodgers says he has not seen coverage of the Paris demonstrations and trusts the NFL would not hold the game if it were unsafe.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-24, 23:20 to 27:32: **Questions the Paris game and leans Pittsburgh**. Middlecoff questions why the NFL is staging the Paris game at all, recaps the Saints' week in France and the Steelers' red-eye, and leans Pittsburgh. It is a handicapper's read of the logistics already on the record, with no new development.
- [The Dan Patrick Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanpatrickshow), 2026-10-24, 17:59 to 19:44: **Argues the league will not move the game**. Florio argues the NFL will not move the Paris game, floating London as the sensible fallback, and ties the league's refusal to back down to its handling of Hurts playing in London. The one new record: a Steelers fan event canceled in Pittsburgh, not Paris. New angle: The NFL canceled a Steelers fan event in Pittsburgh over concerns about Paris.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-26, 21:52 to 26:13: **Reports Rodgers' call for earlier arrivals**. Turns to the game itself in Paris and the travel around it: Rodgers' postgame call for the league to mandate earlier arrivals, set against the Steelers' Thursday red-eye and the Saints' full week in France. The football read is that Warren is the whole offense. New angle: Aaron Rodgers said after the game the league should mandate teams arrive on Sunday or Monday.
- [The Bill Simmons Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebillsimmonspodcast), 2026-10-26, 18:45 to 20:58: **Recaps the Paris win as a rough watch**. Recaps the Paris win as a rough watch: the Saints' 17 rushes for 18 yards, Pittsburgh's defense and Jalen Warren's burst, plus a complaint about the three-man booth. Stays inside the result already on the record.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-26, 41:03 to 46:57: **Recaps the win and debates Rodgers' return**. Recaps the Paris win and Rodgers' line, then spends most of the segment on whether Rodgers returns for another season and what he is still playing for. Stays inside the result and the retirement debate.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-26, 46:57 to 50:23: **Breaks down the Saints' run game in Paris**. Breaks down the Saints' run game in the Paris loss: 17 carries for 18 yards, Kamara six for five, and Shough leading the team on the ground with seven. Stays inside the box score of the game already on the record.
- [Pardon My Take](https://boilpoints.com/u/pardonmytake), 2026-10-26, 15:16 to 28:10: **Debates whether the Steelers are bad-good**. Recaps the Paris game as a slow, check-down slog - 13 possessions, eight drives of 11-plus plays, Rodgers the leading rusher with eight yards - and debates whether the 5-2 Steelers are bad-good or medium-good. Stays inside the result and Rodgers' postgame international-week comments.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-26, 14:28 to 15:44: **Mocks the Paris Peaky Blinders cosplay**. Light bit on the Steelers' Peaky Blinders cosplay in Paris, joking that the show is set in England, not France, and landing on the fact that they still won the game. Pure reaction, no new development.
- [The Herd with Colin Cowherd](https://boilpoints.com/u/theherdwithcolincowherd), 2026-10-26, 44:36 to 47:53: **Adds Rodgers' 17th-game money grab rant**. Picks up Rodgers' postgame rant and adds the part the earlier coverage left out: he called the 17th game a money grab and took an indirect shot at the Rooney family for flying the Steelers out on a Thursday red-eye. Middlekauff agrees on the cheapness but notes players split revenue roughly 50-50. New angle: Rodgers said the NFL added a 17th game out of greed for revenue and aimed an indirect shot at the Rooneys.
- [Yesterday in Sports](https://boilpoints.com/u/yesterdayinsports), 2026-10-26, 2:42 to 3:47: **Runs through the Paris result in a roundup**. Runs through the Paris result in a league-wide roundup: the 16-10 score at the Stade de France, the first regular-season game in France, and Rodgers' 540th career touchdown moving him to third all-time. A brief retelling inside the week's coverage, then on to the rest of the slate.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-26, 3:43 to 20:17: **Recaps the first half drive by drive**. Drive-by-drive first-half recap of the Paris win: Warren's 29-yard cut, the no-call on Metcalf in the end zone, Rodgers' touchdown to Metcalf, and the defensive lapses that let the Saints hang around to 13-10 at halftime. Retells the game without adding to the record.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-26, 20:10 to 28:43: **Walks the second half drive by drive**. Second-half drive-by-drive of the Paris win: the missed Saints field goal wide right, the penalty that wiped out a Steelers field goal, and the argument that Pittsburgh should have kept handing off to Warren. Stays inside the game already on the record.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-26, 28:45 to 36:34: **Breaks down the Paris win from the trenches**. Breaks down the Paris win from the trenches: 148 rushing yards for Pittsburgh against 18 for New Orleans, and a pass defense that gave up 50 percent on third down. The Rodgers milestone is noted in passing, already on the record.
- [The Pat McAfee Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thepatmcafeeshow), 2026-10-26, 15:44 to 18:21: **Congratulates Rodgers on the passing record**. Congratulates Rodgers on the Paris milestone and frames it as the all-time regular-season passing touchdown record, then moves to his mobility and the Steelers' improved trenches. The record itself is the one new item; the rest retells the Paris win. New angle: Rodgers is now the NFL's all-time regular-season passing touchdown leader.
- [The Pat McAfee Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thepatmcafeeshow), 2026-10-26, 2:28:07 to 2:34:52: **Replays Rodgers' call for an arrival mandate**. Reads a Steelers overreaction after the Paris win and replays Rodgers' postgame comments on international games, including his call for a Sunday or Monday arrival mandate. Stays inside what Rodgers already said, adding only the hosts' agreement and a note that Pittsburgh used the same travel schedule for last year's Ireland game.
- [The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL](https://boilpoints.com/u/theathleticfootballshowashowaboutthenfl), 2026-10-27, 2:42 to 12:31: **Breaks down the Steelers offense in Paris**. Opens the Week 7 hangover with the Paris game, breaking down the Steelers' offense: the interior line, Rodgers throwing between the hashes, Warren's one-handed catch and the Warren-Dowdle split. Stays inside the result already on the record.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-27, 12:37 to 24:01: **Plays Rodgers's 16-game schedule proposal**. Plays Rodgers's post-game clip in full and adds his alternative: a 16-game season with two bye weeks, one of them an international week, plus a league mandate that teams arrive Sunday or Monday. Deebo then argues the safety push was legal protection, tracing it to the 2011 lawsuit and the October 2010 fine changes. New angle: Rodgers proposed a 16-game season with two bye weeks, one an international week, and a Sunday or Monday arrival mandate.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-27, 2:43 to 6:06: **Recaps the Paris trip and argues for selling culture**. Heyward's Tuesday check-in recaps the Paris win and the international trip: the food, the crowds, the riots he did not partake in, and the closed Louvre. He argues the league should sell the culture of its host cities, citing the home-field feel in Ireland last year.