--- title: Bonjour, Football: Steelers and Saints Meet at Stade de France description: Pittsburgh and New Orleans meet at Stade de France on October 25 for a Week 7 regular-season game. For Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, the logistics are new; the reunion with former coordinator Kellen Moore is not. canonical: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-10-22/nfl-first-game-in-france/ last-updated: 2026-10-22 url: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-10-22/nfl-first-game-in-france/ published: 2026-10-22T12:47:42Z edition: 2026-10-22T12 newsroom: sports beat: None trust: reported source_count: 4 cited_manifest_ids: ['1792604398441744741', '1792619688780767556', '1792625076041334054', '1792604398441815666'] --- # Bonjour, Football: Steelers and Saints Meet at Stade de France *Pittsburgh and New Orleans meet at Stade de France on October 25 for a Week 7 regular-season game. For Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, the logistics are new; the reunion with former coordinator Kellen Moore is not.* Reported · 4 sources · Sports · Published 2026-10-22 12:47 UTC ## Key facts - The Steelers face the Saints at Stade de France in Paris on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. CT, a Week 7 regular-season matchup. [cites: 1792604398441744741, 1792619688780767556] - Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy is a first-timer for international regular-season games; his only overseas experience was coaching the Chiefs in the 1994 and 1998 Tokyo American Bowls. [cites: 1792625076041334054] - Saints head coach Kellen Moore served as McCarthy's offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys from 2020 to 2022. [cites: 1792604398441744741] - The Steelers added Brandin Echols and Sebastian Joseph-Day to the injury report this week, signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the practice squad, and released Rayshawn Jenkins. (self-reported) [cites: 1792619688780767556] - NFL Network carries the game nationally with Dave Pasch, Jason Kelce, Kurt Warner, and Molly McGrath on the call; the Saints announced a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain ahead of kickoff. [cites: 1792604398441815666] ## A seven-day week to Paris The Pittsburgh Steelers are treating their first international regular-season game as a logistics problem first and a football game second. Head coach Mike McCarthy, a first-timer when it comes to overseas regular-season play, has stressed smart travel and sleep management for a game in Paris on a normal seven-day week, while keeping on-field preparation business as usual. The Steelers spent most of the week at their Pittsburgh headquarters before heading to Stade de France, a schedule McCarthy called beneficial after an overtime game against Tampa Bay. His only prior international experience dates to coaching the Chiefs in the 1994 and 1998 American Bowl exhibitions in Tokyo, where the heat index hit 138 degrees. [cites: 1792625076041334054] The stakes are ordinary in the best way: Pittsburgh is 4-2 and wants to come home 5-2 to keep pace in the AFC North. What makes the week unusual is everything around the game. The Saints are leaning into the occasion, announcing a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain ahead of kickoff and hosting an official watch party back in New Orleans at The Broadside. The league's international push has reached the point where the novelty is the venue, not the concept. [cites: 1792625076041334054, 1792619688780767556, 1792604398441815666] ## The reunion Sunday's sideline features a genuine reunion. Saints head coach Kellen Moore served as Mike McCarthy's offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys from 2020 to 2022, which means the two play-callers know each other's tendencies better than any scouting report could teach. The series history favors neither side much: New Orleans is 9-8 all-time against Pittsburgh, and the Saints are 9-1 in the series when scoring at least 16 points. Another wrinkle: Steelers GM Omar Khan is a Louisiana native who graduated from Tulane and worked in the Saints' football operations department from 1996 to 2001. [cites: 1792604398441744741] > **From Synorb** — Connect your agent over MCP. Add https://mcp.synorb.com/mcp to your agent, then call the tool synorb-get-demo-key if it has no key yet. It needs no email and no form. Keys are free for 72 hours, and new keys are limited per network. [How to connect](https://synorb.com/connect/start) On paper, the matchup tilts toward Pittsburgh's defense. The Saints rank 20th in total offense and 29th in total defense with a minus-3 turnover margin; the Steelers are 21st on offense but ninth on defense with a plus-3 margin. New Orleans is 2-4 and coming off a win over the Giants, trying to build momentum on a neutral field eight time zones from home. The team says injuries are manageable but real: defensive back Brandin Echols and defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day were new additions to the injury report after missing Wednesday's practice, while Michael Pittman Jr. and Roman Wilson sit on the reserve/injured list. To cover the receiver room, Pittsburgh signed veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the practice squad on Tuesday and released safety Rayshawn Jenkins. [cites: 1792604398441744741, 1792619688780767556] ## How to watch The broadcast plan treats this as the showcase it is. NFL Network carries the game nationally, with WDSU broadcasting locally in New Orleans, and the booth pairs Dave Pasch on play-by-play with Jason Kelce and Kurt Warner as analysts and Molly McGrath on the sideline. Streaming runs through NFL+, which the league prices at $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a premium tier at $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year. National radio is Westwood One; in New Orleans it is WWL on 870 AM and 105.3 FM, with Spanish-language coverage on Tropical Radio. [cites: 1792604398441815666] Kickoff is 8:30 a.m. Central, which means breakfast football in Louisiana and an afternoon showcase in Paris. The reasoning from the league's perspective is easy to read: a 4-2 team chasing the division, a 2-4 team with a puncher's chance, a coaching reunion, and a new country. That is more than enough to justify the sleep science. [cites: 1792604398441815666, 1792625076041334054, 1792604398441744741] ## What is still unresolved - Whether Jalen Ramsey (wrist) and the other limited participants suit up Sunday - How the travel schedule affects either team's second-half performance - Attendance and local reception figures for the first French regular-season game ## Decision card - **Useful for:** Following the NFL's international expansion as a business and scheduling story; Understanding how teams manage short-week overseas logistics - **Not for:** Betting or wagering guidance on the game; Fantasy lineup decisions - **Compare against:** This edition's front-office story, for the Steelers' organizational context under McCarthy ## Provenance ledger | Manifest id | Title | Source | Claims used | Published | |---|---|---|---|---| | `1792604398441744741` | Saints News \| New Orleans Saints \| NewOrleansSaints.com | [nfl-news-new-orleans-saints](https://neworleanssaints.com/news/pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-orleans-saints-game-preview-2026-nfl-season-week-7-series-history-stats-connections) | 1792604827259614682, 1792604827266998084, 1792604827263887297, 1792604827265843947, 1792604827344978210, 1792604827268370168, 1792604827271593039, 1792604827328335647, 1792604827269696518, 1792604827318737596, 1792604827330624831, 1792604827260161501 | 10-21 00:00 | | `1792619688780767556` | Week 7 Injury Report (Saints) | [nfl-news-pittsburgh-steelers](https://steelers.com/news/week-7-injury-report-saints) | 1792619994528690434, 1792619994530630662, 1792619994535969373, 1792619994542393254, 1792619994532277980 | 10-21 00:00 | | `1792625076041334054` | Ready to fly | [nfl-news-pittsburgh-steelers](https://steelers.com/news/ready-to-fly) | 1792625411515148393, 1792625411517547260, 1792625411524892047, 1792625411526584163, 1792625411527297678, 1792625411529957634, 1792625411519430151, 1792625411521069053, 1792625411530619544 | 10-21 00:00 | | `1792604398441815666` | Saints News \| New Orleans Saints \| NewOrleansSaints.com | [nfl-news-new-orleans-saints](https://neworleanssaints.com/news/pittsburgh-steelers-vs-new-orleans-saints-game-watch-listen-stream-tv-channel-radio-10-25-2026) | 1792604828560233716, 1792604828583760899, 1792604828622299605, 1792604828621942441, 1792604828574888800, 1792604828585698276, 1792604828593275701, 1792604828597424268, 1792604828608579413, 1792604828614025574, 1792604828619304038, 1792604828554640702 | 10-21 00:00 | ## Run these Manifests yourself Every Manifest cited here can be read in full with your own Synorb Key. 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