Aaron Rodgers takes shot at NFL, outlines potential international week for league (1:33)

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Oct 26, 2026, 10:37 AM ET

Aaron Rodgers advocated for the NFL to schedule a full week of international games and also took multiple swipes at team owners Sunday, hinting that they pay lip service to player safety while quipping that "maybe they're a little tight on money."

Rodgers commented on the NFL's global outreach after the Pittsburgh Steelers played the New Orleans Saints in Paris -- the league's first regular-season game in France.

The NFL is playing a record nine international games across seven countries this season, but Rodgers alluded to an even grander plan that he said was discussed between the league and the NFL Players Association during previous rounds of labor talks.

"There was talk about doing a week -- an international week -- where you had games in 16 different places and you just added an extra bye week," the Steelers star quarterback said.…