• The Saints and Steelers land in Paris for Sunday morning’s inter-conference duel carrying the same problem in different forms: each team has a clear vulnerability, and each is being asked to make that weakness the other side’s issue.
  • Pittsburgh has two of its top wide receivers, Michael Pittman Jr. and Roman Wilson, on injured reserve, and DeShon Elliott is questionable for Sunday.
  • The Saints are also coming off a game in which their defense created more takeaways than it had in any other outing under Moore, and they’ll have a fully healthy secondary in Paris.
  • The Steelers are seventh in passing yards allowed per game, but they are more susceptible against the run, and the Saints will need to make that difference even wider if they want to control the game.
  • Pittsburgh has its own counterpunch in Jaylen Warren, who has become the offense’s most versatile threat.
  • He ranks seventh in rushing yards with 460 and first among NFL tailbacks in receiving yards with 258.
  • Since Week 4, Pittsburgh has averaged 28 points per game.
  • Paris is seven hours ahead of New Orleans and six hours ahead of Pittsburgh, so both teams will be dealing with the time change.
  • But the Saints have had more time on the ground, and the Steelers are arriving later in the week.
  • New Orleans, meanwhile, has the healthier secondary and the clearer incentive to lean on the ground game.