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Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Mike doesn’t think the NFL is making the right decision to play the game in Paris this weekend between the Steelers and Saints amid the protests that have been happening in the area. Mike said it’s just another instance of the NFL forcing its way in to expand the league’s footprint. Mike couldn’t think of a time in the 20ish years of international play when the home country has had ongoing riots. Mike believes the league will pivot to London if something major happens before Sunday. Mike thinks there are enough Steelers fans in London that would fill most stadiums in Europe. Mike combed over the rules about flexing a matchup that was already in prime-time into another prime-time slot. Mike said the NFL can usually do whatever they want, but the broadcast partners would go to battle. This came after the question of the Steelers-Browns game being rumored to be flexed on 11/1, but the league sticking with Eagles-Commanders. Could the Eagles face trouble for what happened with Jalen Hurts? Mike said the league was never going to find wrongdoing on the Eagles’ because they were in lockstep every step of the way. Mike called the Steelers end-of-game management the ‘full Aaron Rodgers experience’ after reportedly changing run plays to pass plays then complaining about the turf among other things after the game. Mike had some interesting broadcasting nuggets and how we could see the dominos fall amid the Troy Aikman departure from ESPN at the end of this season.