Heading into Sunday’s afternoon matchup in Pittsburgh, all the Steelers and Saints wanted to do was play a standard-fare professional football game. It’s mid-November, and both squads are trying to build on something. The Steelers want to see progress from young quarterback Kenny Pickett. The Saints want to see any kind of light at the end of the tunnel.
But as the two teams battled it out, Mother Nature — specifically lots and lots of birds — had different ideas about letting a football game happen unimpeded.
You see, a sea of pigeons that appeared in the pre-game simply wouldn’t go away even as action ensured. No matter what was happening on the field, these birds didn’t care about it at all. They found a nice spot to gather and weren’t going to give it up even if “asked” nicely:
Kenny Pickett: Aquaman but for pigeons ‘n’ at pic.twitter.com/qQ8l3SRt74
— Dave Dameshek (@Dameshek) November 13, 2022
Sorry Steelers. Sorry Saints. The field belongs to those birds now. You can have it back full-time later, but unfortunately, you’ll have to play football around their presence.
NFL fans thought the pigeons taking over the field in Steelers-Saints was hilarious
The Pittsburgh Pigeons have the best seat in the house pic.twitter.com/GTkO9qg1tn
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 13, 2022
Didn’t realize the Steelers were playing the Flyers with all of these pigeons on the field pic.twitter.com/P6tVsY1gq8
— Nick Horwat (@NickHorwat41) November 13, 2022
the flock of pigeons on the pittsburgh steelers' field are easily the best team in the nfl
— Travis M Andrews (@travismandrews) November 13, 2022
Steelers/Saints playing in Central Park with the pigeon lady from Home Alone 2 pic.twitter.com/yaP1TeJ2hX
— Green Light with Chris Long (@greenlight) November 13, 2022
What is the record for most pigeons on the field at an NFL game? Asking for a friend. #Pigeons #Steelers #Saints pic.twitter.com/eIAY38hXEm
— John Breech (@johnbreech) November 13, 2022
The real MVP of the Saints vs Steelers game is that flock of pigeons
— Emily Anderson 🐀 (@emilyofjane) November 13, 2022
Last time the Steelers won, those pigeons were on the field. Good sign for today.
— Brian Omogrosso (@CaptainOmo) November 13, 2022
ALERT.
There are pigeons on the field. Not photoshopped.
📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/aXCrjvzWXZ
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 13, 2022
Those Pittsburgh Pigeons are the baddest in the land too https://t.co/2xTD42LkXe
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 13, 2022
