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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New Orleans Saints 16-10 on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the NFL's first regular-season game in France, AP reports. Attendance was 78,488.

Aaron Rodgers, 42, threw a touchdown pass to tight end Darnell Washington, the 540th of his career, moving him past Peyton Manning into third in NFL history, and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals. Linebacker Payton Wilson intercepted Tyler Shough in the red zone after, he said, practicing that play more than 20 times; he had picked off Rodgers on a similar play in practice that week.

Rodgers called the French anthem "gorgeous" but said it was sometimes hard to find the play clock among all the numbers on the scoreboard. The week was tense: AP notes rioting and looting during protests over school funding and living costs a week earlier, and players stayed close to the hotel during more protests on Saturday.

The Arizona Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Rams 18-16 on Sunday, Oct. 18, on Chad Ryland's 43-yard field goal as time expired, his sixth of the game, according to CBS Sports. Arizona entered as 13.5-point underdogs; CBS calls it the largest upset of the season and tied for the largest of any game in the past five years.

The Rams took a 16-15 lead with 47 seconds left on a Matthew Stafford touchdown pass. Arizona then gained 21 yards on its first play and 15 more on a Rams penalty to set up the kick. Both teams are now 2-4; the Rams entered the season as Super Bowl favorites.

Jake Elliott's 48-yard field goal put Philadelphia ahead 17-16 with eight seconds left in London, but Ameer Abdullah returned the kickoff 53 yards to the Eagles' 39 and Cam Little made a 57-yarder as time expired. Trevor Lawrence threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, both to Parker Washington, as Jacksonville improved to 4-1 despite 13 penalties. The Eagles, without running backs Saquon Barkley and Tank Bigsby, fell to 2-3.

Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson, 36, retired after 14 seasons, saying that despite wanting to finish the season, his "personal and family priorities in my life have changed." A 2013 first-round pick, he was a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro and won two Super Bowls. He took a leave during the 2021 season for anxiety and depression and has since spoken about it at mental health clinics. Owner Jeffrey Lurie called him "an all-time Eagle."

Veteran tight end Zach Ertz agreed to return to the Philadelphia Eagles after Dallas Goedert suffered an MCL sprain.

Why it mattered

Ertz spent his first eight-plus seasons in Philadelphia and was a major part of the Eagles' Super Bowl LII title. He returns at age 35 after playing elsewhere for several years.

The record angle

Ertz has 579 catches as an Eagle, putting him just 11 receptions behind Harold Carmichael's franchise record.