The Steelers are bringing something new to Sunday’s NFL Paris Game: white away game jerseys, black Color Rush pants and black helmets against the New Orleans Saints in Paris, France. It is a first for the club, and it will be worn in the first ever NFL game in France.
For Nick Herbig, the reveal landed the right way. He got a sneak peek of the combination along with Darnell Washington, and he said it looks good, feels different and fits a game that already carries extra weight because it is happening overseas. Herbig called it a change-up and said the team is heading into a different environment with a uniform mix that is new for the Steelers.
The timing matters because the uniform is tied directly to Sunday’s Week 7 meeting with the New Orleans Saints, not to a rollout later in the season. Pittsburgh is the road team, which explains the white jerseys, but the club also wanted to do something that matched the setting and the moment in France. That gives the look a purpose beyond style: it is built for the one game on the calendar that will be watched as the NFL’s first in France.
Washington said he first had to imagine the full outfit before seeing it together, and then liked how it came together. He said the mix-and-match setup suits a different environment and gives off a look-good, feel-good, play-good feel. He also said he does not spend much time thinking about what he is wearing on game day, which is probably the most fitting response for a team that is treating the uniform as part of the occasion rather than the point of it.
Still, there is a small wrinkle in the plan. The Steelers are the road team and will wear white, but the whole point of the change was to do something different for Paris, a place the team described as a fashion mecca. That makes the combination feel deliberate, even if the reason for choosing this exact mix has not been explained. For now, the answer is on the field Sunday, where the Saints will see the new look before anyone else does.
