Sunday, October 25th
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New Orleans Saints, 9:30 AM ET (France)
In France, the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the New Orleans Saints. This is technically a home game for the Saints, but as we have seen with international games, the crowds are often loaded with fans from just about every other team in the league.
Both Pittsburgh and New Orleans are coming off rather huge wins in Week 6. The Steelers did need a fourth quarter comeback and an overtime period to beat the now 1-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and even with the Steelers being 4-2 on the season, I am not sure this team is quite as good as their record suggests.
The Saints were able to get by the New York Giants and snap a losing streak. Where I see this game going is honestly into a shootout. We have seen Saints QB Tyler Shough be able to put up some gaudy numbers, and with the Steelers defense not necessarily being stacked with talent, the Saints should be able to put up some points.
On the flip side, the Saints defense has struggled this year, and while Aaron Rodgers is much less of a player than he used to be, he's still capable and should be able to lead the Steelers on multiple touchdown drives.
I'm actually going to side with the Saints in this one in a bit of an upset in Week 7. The one thing that the Steelers have typically done at times is play down to their opponents and mess something up right after they do something good.
That may seem like a childish way to think of this, but the Saints have the better QB and honestly might be feeling the urgency a bit more, too. In another NFL international game, we're picking the Saints by a field goal in a high-scoring affair.
Prediction: Saints win 30-27
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