Steelers Beat Saints 16-10 in Paris as Rodgers Also Criticizes NFL Owners on International Games

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New Orleans Saints 16-10 on Sunday in the NFL's first-ever game in France, played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis outside Paris, improving to 5-2. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 42 and in his 22nd and final season, threw a 51-yard pass to DK Metcalf in the second quarter and scrambled for a first down on third-and-six to secure the win. He said the offense did not play very well; Pittsburgh scored one touchdown in four red-zone trips, while its defense smothered Saints quarterback Tyler Shough and the run game. In his postgame press conference, Rodgers said past collective bargaining talks, including around the 2011 agreement, covered expanding international games, and later an international week with games in 16 places plus an extra bye week. He said the plan was dropped because owners wanted a 17th game, and he criticized ownership while praising the league's global reach.

Fox News, on the right, leads with those bargaining remarks. Its headline says Rodgers "pulls back curtain" on the talks, it quotes him at length, and it says the league was too focused on money. It also links a story on civil unrest, Trump concerns and calls to postpone, shows police outside the stadium, and wonders how American fans would react to an all-international week. On the left, NBC News runs a Week 7 roundup led by the Lions' 20-17 walk-off win over the Packers, with Rodgers appearing only in its headline as someone who "keeps winning." The Guardian focuses on his play, the defense and whether he could win a Super Bowl, quoting his comment on the offense and omitting the bargaining story in its opening. Both sides note the Steelers' win and Rodgers' age. Awful Announcing largely matches Fox, adding the 17th-game explanation and a player-safety framing.