Steel City Blitz
The long awaited trip to Ireland is upon us. It’s week four of the 2025 NFL season. Here’s everything you need to know about the Pittsburgh Steelers “hosting” the Minnesota Vikings.
What: Minnesota Vikings 2-1 at Pittsburgh Steelers 2-1
Where: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
When: 9/28/2025 930amET Kickoff
Weather: 57 degrees and partly sunny. Winds to 8mph.
Surface: Natural Grass (Keep an eye on this. The Steelers declined the opportunity to get on the field for a light practice/walk-thru. Teams historically have had footing issues when playing in Europe.)
Wagering Information: Vikings -2.5 O/U 40.5
Last Week: Minnesota used five turnovers and two pick-sixes to beat the Bengals 48-10. The Steelers also used five turnovers in their 21-14 win over the Patriots in New England.
TV: NFL Network Joe Davis (play-by-play), Greg Olsen (analysis), Pam Oliver (field reporter), Jamie Erdahl (field reporter)
TV Coverage in Your Area (courtesy 506sports.com): National Audience
Radio: Steelers Audio Network Rob King (play-by-play), Max Starks (analysis), Missi Matthews (field reporter)
Westwood One: Kate Scott (play-by-play), Kyle Rudolph (analysis)
Head Official: Brad Allen. The CEO of a non-profit, Allen is in his 12th season as a head official. He most recently called a Steelers game in November of last year. A 24-19 loss to Cleveland. His crew called 14 penalties that day.
Key Injuries/Game Status (courtesy steelers.com) PIT:No. 24 CB Joey Porter Jr. (Hamstring) – Questionable, No. 30 RB Jaylen Warren (NIR – Resting Vet/Knee) – Questionable, No. 56 LB Alex Highsmith (Ankle) – Out, No. 81 TE Jonnu Smith (NIR – Resting Vet/Hip) – Questionable MIN: No. 9 QB J.J. McCarthy (Ankle) – Out, No. 43 LB Andrew Van Ginkel (Neck) – Out, No. 74 G Donovan Jackson (Wrist) – Out, No. 85 TE Ben Yurosek (Knee) – Out
Injury Notes: Warren and Smith popping up here are a bit surprising. Sounds to me like both will play however… Van Winkel being out is one less pass rusher the Steelers will need to worry about.
Total Offense: PIT 30th, MIN 28th
Passing Offense: PIT 24th, MIN 30th
Rushing Offense: PIT 31st, MIN 13th
Total Defense: PIT 28th, MIN 6th
Passing Defense: PIT 26th, MIN 3rd
Rushing Defense: PIT 27th, MIN 22nd
AFC North Standings:
Cincinnati 2-1
Pittsburgh 2-1
Baltimore 1-2
Cleveland 1-2
This Week in the AFC North: Cleveland at Detroit 1pmET, Baltimore at Kansas City 425pmET, Cincinnati at Denver (MON) 815pmET
What You Need to Know: The Steelers are 2-0 away from home this season and they are 2-0 on artificial turf as well… Both the Steelers and Vikings each recorded five turnovers last week… Pittsburgh is 21-13 all-time in games preceding the BYE week… T.J. Watt now has 110 career sacks in 124 total games played… Mean Joe Greene holds the Steelers’ record for most sacks in a game with five. He did it back in 1972… Cam Heyward needs two more games played to tie Dermontti Dawson for fifth most at 181… Aaron Rodgers needs 27 pass attempts...
