For the first time in NFL history, a regular season game will kick off at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings.
It’s a special moment for the Rooney family and a major moment for the Steelers franchise as a whole. For the first time since 2013, the Steelers will play in an international game. It’s fitting, too, that it comes against the Minnesota Vikings, since that 2013 matchup in London was Steelers-Vikings.
There’s a lot of familiarity in this one, with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and some of the Steelers coaching staff, as well as Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell having a personal relationship.