The Steelers led 24-6 before the Vikings began a valiant comeback led by Carson Wentz, who despite not having three offensive linemen produced two late scoring drives. Pittsburgh, however, was able to avoid a monumental collapse after turning the Vikings over on downs on their final drive.

Kenneth Gainwell ran for 99 yards and two touchdowns and the Pittsburgh Steelers held on to beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-21 in Ireland's first regular-season NFL game.

The first-ever NFL regular season game in Ireland received massive ratings. According to NFL Media, the Steelers-Vikings game averaged 7.9 […] This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steeler

The NFL’s first-ever game in Dublin is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The game will be broadcast on the NFL Network with kickoff scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET. Joe Davis will be the play-by-play announcer with Greg Olsen also in the booth as the game analyst.

The Steelers defense has been inconsistent all season and after watching the Vikings blow out the Bengals we have to be a little worried. Pittsburgh has been particularly bad at stopping the run and Minnesota running back Jordan Mason had 116 yards on just 10 carries and two rushing touchdowns.

Dillon Gabriel made his second start of the season on Sunday for the Cleveland Browns at the Pittsburgh Steelers. His fiancée Zo Caswell crushed her game-day fit to root on her man.