Report: Pittsburgh Steelers expect to play regular season Ireland game in 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to play a regular season game in Ireland in 2025, according to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It would be the team’s first international game since losing to the Minnesota Vikings in London during the 2013 season.
Dulac said the NFL could announce the news in the next couple of weeks. Back on Jan. 11, the league revealed that the Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers would play in international games this year.
The Steelers have ties with Ireland as the team has a global licensing agreement with the country. Ireland is one of three countries in which the Steelers have a Global Markets Progam license, along with Germany and Mexico. Pittsburgh has nine home games this year, meaning one of those games will likely be the reported Ireland contest.
In November, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL Network’s Colleen Wolfe that the league is looking to host a game in Ireland next year. “We are definitely going to Spain, we announced that,” Goodell said from Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, before the New York Giants vs. Panthers game, per NFL.com. “We expect to return to Mexico City. We expect to return to Brazil. We will certainly be back in the U.K. And we’re also looking at the potential of another game in the U.K. area in Ireland, possibly. That’s a possibility. And we’ll certainly be back here in Germany. So if that total’s eight, that’s what we’re shooting for.”
Steelers looking to finish the 2024 season strong
The Steelers are not concerned about 2025 right now because the 2024 season is not over. They have clinched a playoff spot but are one game behind the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC North lead. Currently, the Steelers have lost their last three games, including a 29-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day.
“That sucked, to be blunt,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said after the Chiefs game, per Steelers.com. “Not the type of ball we want to play, and really kind of eerily similar to our last performance in that we’re not doing the fundamental things well enough.
“We’re turning the ball over. We’re not getting turnovers. That hasn’t been a recipe for us, but it has been of late. Minus two or whatever we were in this game, you’re not giving yourself a chance, particularly turning the ball over in the red zone.”
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