Steelers 16, Saints 10: Paris, Warren, and a Pick at the 11

October 25, 2026 - Saint-Denis - Payton Wilson lined up over Chris Olave in the slot. Tyler Shough threw the out. Wilson was already there. The Pittsburgh Steelers were still only up 13-10 at Stade de France, and New Orleans had just walked 68 yards to the 10.

Wilson picked it at the 11 and ran 18. The NFL's first regular-season game in France had its play. The New Orleans Saints did not score again.

Pittsburgh won 16-10. The Steelers are 5-2. The Saints are 2-5. Attendance was 78,488, the Saints wrote. Jaylen Warren ran 18 times for 101. Aaron Rodgers went 19 of 30 for 212 and one score. New Orleans ran 17 times for 18 yards.

9.6 a carry, then a field goal anyway

Pittsburgh opened with a sixth offensive lineman. Spencer Anderson reported eligible. Warren popped 29 on the first snap like that, the Steelers wrote, and the drive averaged 9.6 yards a carry until it died inside the 10. Chris Boswell made 28 with 10:51 left in the first. The Steelers called him the first player to put points on the board in an NFL game in France. 3-0.

Warren had 57 yards on seven carries in the quarter, the club said. The Saints still had no rushing answer. Alvin Kamara finished six carries for 5. Kendre Miller had eight for 6. nflverse puts New Orleans at 18 rushing yards as a team.

The second quarter finally had a touchdown. Rodgers hit DK Metcalf for 51. Darnell Washington finished from 4. nflverse has Washington with one catch, 4 yards, and the score. Boswell kicked. 10-0.

Daniel Carlson made 38. 10-3. Shough then found Devaughn Vele from a yard on fourth-and-goal, the Saints wrote. 10-10. Jamel Dean had forced a fumble on Shough at the goal line on another trip, the Steelers said. Cole Holcomb punched the ball away from Miller as he reached. The officials ruled Miller down. The ice did not break until Wilson.

Boswell made 47 before the half. 13-10. That is the nflverse list (28, 47, 39). The Saints wrote the third make as 38. ESPN's recap also used 39 for the last one. We are using 28, 47, and 39.

The pick, then the scramble

New Orleans got the second-half kick and converted three first downs. Kamara ran 3 to the 10. Wilson undercut Olave. McCarthy called it huge. It took points off the board. Boswell made 39 with 14 seconds left in the third, the Steelers timing; 16-10.

Shough still finished 30 of 38 for 278, one touchdown, one pick. Olave caught six for 56 on 10 targets. Kamara caught all seven for 57. Barion Brown had three for 57. Vele had five for 54 and the score. Carlson missed 52 in the fourth, the Saints wrote.

Pittsburgh needed one more first down. Third-and-6 from the New Orleans 34, the AP said. Rodgers, 42, left the pocket and ran 8 to the 26. He told the AP a slide was out of the question. "Sometimes you've got to suck it up and make a play for your guys." McCarthy said he could tell on the back foot that Rodgers was thinking about taking off. The clock ran to the two-minute warning. A penalty gave Pittsburgh another first down. Two kneels. Ballgame.

Rodgers' touchdown pass was the 540th of his career, past Peyton Manning for third in NFL history, the AP wrote. He was sacked three times. Chase Young and Carl Granderson each had 1.5, the Saints said. Young is at 16.5 sacks over his last 17 games, the club wrote. T.J. Watt had a sack on the nflverse line. Patrick Queen had the late third-down sack of Shough that forced the punt with a little more than six minutes left, plus a game-high 10 tackles, the Steelers wrote. nflverse has Queen at seven solos and one sack.

Rico Dowdle ran nine times for 41 and caught all six targets for 45. Combined with Warren, that is 223 yards from scrimmage, McCarthy said. Pittsburgh converted 10 of 16 third downs. The Saints had six drives. Four of them reached the Pittsburgh 35, NFL.com wrote, and they still left with 10.

CJ Donaldson left with a shoulder in the first half. Justin Reid was ruled out with a concussion before halftime, the Saints said. The Soul Rebels played the anthem. Steeler Nation still made it feel like a split house, Brian Batko wrote.

Pittsburgh hosts Cleveland, then a bye. New Orleans is on a bye, then hosts the Browns on Nov. 8, the Saints wrote.

AthX Engine on an 18-yard ground night

AthX Engine NFL scoring already has the Week 7 line in. Granderson is 48.50, the top total in this game. Young is 46.50. Queen is 43.50. Warren is 35.75. Wilson is 27.50. Boswell is 25.00. Pittsburgh's team line is 55.50. New Orleans's is -4.00.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a 42-year-old who still converts third-and-6 with his legs in Paris, and for a Saints front that sacked him three times in a loss. They move together. They are not the same number.

Track Rodgers, Warren, Young, Watt, and both clubs on the marketplace. Pittsburgh hosts Cleveland. New Orleans is on a bye.

*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), Steelers.com, Steelers press room, Saints.com. ESPN, both clubs, and nflverse agree on 16-10. Saints.com listed Boswell's last kick at 38 yards; nflverse and ESPN used 39. AthX Engine Week 7 lines scored from nflverse weekly stats (CC-BY 4.0). Information only; not financial advice.*