Overview

• The Pittsburgh Steelers play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at Croke Park in the league’s first regular-season game in Ireland, part of this year’s expanded international slate.
• Minnesota is set to start Carson Wentz again with J.J. McCarthy sidelined by an ankle sprain, while Aaron Rodgers leads a Steelers offense seeking consistency against a blitz-heavy Vikings defense.
• The Vikings enter 4-0 in prior regular-season international games, a mark that includes a 2013 win over Pittsburgh in London, per NFL.com.
• Steelers president Art Rooney II and executive Dan Rooney led events in Belfast and Newry, including a youth flag-football clinic with Jerome Bettis and Ike Taylor and the awarding of Dan and Patricia Rooney scholarships and school donations.
• Under NFL Global Markets rights on the island of Ireland, the Steelers staged fan activations with GAA/Croke Park partners, opened a Dublin fan hub, and promoted tailgate and march events as Gardaí detailed traffic and policing plans for Sunday.