This season, the Saints will host the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in France. Per multiple reports, the opponent will be the Steelers.
The @OzzyNFL account on Twitter, which has been leaking schedule information, posted earlier tonight that Pittsburgh and New Orleans will square off in Paris on October 25. Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has confirmed the news.
All international games that haven’t been previously announced are due to be disclosed on Wednesday morning. This year, nine games will be played on foreign soil: Three in London, one in Paris, one in Madrid, one in Melbourne, one in Germany, one in Rio de Janeiro, and one in Mexico City.
That’s up from five in 2025. And the league, which currently may stage up to 10 international games under the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association, hopes to expand that number to 16.
The Saints signed undrafted rookie wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner on Monday, Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports.
Rechsteiner left an impression during a tryout at the team’s rookie minicamp.
Rechsteiner is the son of Scott Rechsteiner, who wrestled under the aliases Scott Steiner and Big Poppa Pump and is in the WWE Hall of Fame. His uncle, Rick Steiner, was his father’s tag team partner, and Brock’s first cousin, Bronson Rechsteiner, currently wrestles as Bron Breakker.
Brock Rechsteiner hopes to follow in their footsteps . . . one day.
“I want to do football as long as I can,” Rechsteiner said, via Rod Walker of nola.com. “Once that’s done, I will pursue wrestling.”
In 2025, Rechsteiner caught 36 passes for 383 yards and five touchdowns at Jacksonville State. It got him an invite to the Titans’ rookie minicamp last week before participating with the Saints this weekend and earning a roster spot.
There weren’t any questions about wide receiver Jordyn Tyson’s talent leading into the draft, but there were questions about his durability after a number of injuries at Arizona State.
None of those questions kept the Saints from taking Tyson with the eighth overall pick, but a reminder of his injury history came at the team’s rookie minicamp on Saturday. Specifically, Tyson’s history of hamstring injuries that kept him out of several games last season.
Tyson did not take part in practice and head coach Kellen Moore said it was part of “putting together a plan for him” rather than a new injury.
“Jordyn had a number of things that came up last year during the season,” Moore said at a press conference. “So we got him in our system now and let’s start building this thing the right way.”
Moore noted that rookies “were in and out of different activities” last spring as well and it seems likely that Tyson will continue to be managed closely in the hope that he can keep his injuries in the past.
It’s critical for an NFL coach and an NFL General Manager to be on the same page, at all times. And it’s ideal for the coach and G.M. to work together, and remain together, as long as possible.
Sean Payton had that in New Orleans, where he partnered with G.M. Mickey Loomis for Payton’s entire 16-year tenure with the team. Payton has it now in Denver, with G.M. George Paton.
In the wake of Paton signing a new contract that runs through 2030 (his prior deal was due to expire after 2026), Payton was asked at a rookie minicamp press conference about the Payton-Paton partnership.
“I said this to [Paton] the other day, and look — in our league, it’s almost half the battle,” Payton said. “I said to him, I said, ‘Man, I consider myself very fortunate to have been with one General Manager in New Orleans who I would call a very close friend and a great working partner,’ and then to find another person like George.
“I know that we both feel the same way. We love the grind together. He’s a tremendous asset and all, and he’s very good at what he does. I think we complement each other. I am super excited for him. I said that to you guys at the Combine, it was just a matter of time. We think alike in a lot of cases.”
Paton, who got the job both before Payton was hired and before current ownership bought the team, has thrived due to his ability both to do the basic requirements of the job and to navigate working with the other key members of a pro football operation.
It’s about finding the right way to work toward the same goal and, most importantly, it’s about figuring out how to weather the periodic and inevitable storms in a way that strengthens the relationships. Those who can set aside their personal interests for the greater good tend to figure it out.
Paton has done that. Payton has done that. It’s no surprise that the Broncos have become a short-list championship contender, or that the franchise has had a record rate of season-ticket renewals. After a long stretch of struggling since turning the final year of the Peyton Manning era into a Super Bowl win, the new Pa(y)tons have turned the Broncos into a team that could win another one.
Or maybe two.
The Saints have signed all eight of their draft picks.
Seven of the selections, including first-round wideout Jordyn Tyson, signed with the team on Friday and second-round defensive tackle Christen Miller made it a full set on Saturday. Miller signed a four-year deal with the club,
Miller was the 10th pick in the second round last month. He finished his time at Georgia by posting 23 tackles, four tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in 14 games last season.
With all of their picks signed, the Saints can now put their full attention on getting the eight players ready to contribute this fall.
