Player Connections
New Orleans WR Marques Colston prepped at Susquehanna Township (Pa.) High School.
Pittsburgh WR Lance Moore played for the Saints from 2005-13 and is ranked fifth in club record books in receiving with 346 grabs for 4,281 yards with 38 touchdowns.
New Orleans CB Keenan Lewis was a third round draft pick of the Steelers in 2009 and played in Pittsburgh from 2009-12.
Saints CB Terrence Frederick was a seventh round draft pick of the Steelers in 2012 and went to training camp with the club.
Pittsburgh CB Ike Taylor prepped at Abramson (Gretna, La.) High School and played at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2001-02.
Steelers DE Cameron Heyward's frather, Craig, was a first round draft pick of New Orleans in 1989 and played four seasons with the Saints.
New Orleans ILB Moise Fokou played for Steelers Offensive Line CoachMike Munchak when he served as head coach of the Tennessee Titans in 2013.
Fokou and Steelers WR Darrius Heyward-Bey were college teammats at the University of Maryland from 2006-08.
Saints WRs Jalen Saunders and Kenny Stills played with Pittsburgh WRJustin Brown at Oklahoma in 2012. All three wideouts caught passes from Steelers QB Landry Jones with the Sooners.
New Orleans FB Erik Lorig and Steelers G David DeCasto were college teammates at Stanford in 2009.
Lorig and Steelers C/G Cody Wallace were teammates in Tampa Bay in 2012.
Saints QB Luke McCown and Pittsburgh QBBruce Gradkowski were teammates in Tampa Bay from 2006-07.
New Orleans ILB Curtis Lofton and McCown played with Pittsburgh TEMichael Palmer in Atlanta.
New Orleans TE Jimmy Graham and Pittsburgh LB Sean Spence were teammates at the University of Miami (Fla.) in 2009.
Saints CB Patrick Robinson and Pittsburgh LB Lawrence Timmons were college teammates in Florida State in 2006.
Robinson also played with Steelers LBVince Williams with the Seminoles in 2008.
Steelers P Brad Wing prepped at Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge, La.) High School and then stayed in Baton Rouge for two years to play at LSU from 2011-12.
Saints T Nick Becton and Steelers Jason Worilds were college teammates at Virginia Tech.
Coaching Connections
Saints Offensive CoordinatorPete Carmichael and Pittsburgh Linebackers Coach Keith Butler served on the same staff in Cleveland in 2000.
Pittsburgh Director of Football And Business Administration Omar Khan went to Rummel High School in Metairie, graduated from Tulane University and worked in the football operations department of the Saints in various capacities from 1996-2001.
Steelers Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line John Mitchell, a Mobile, Ala., native, served on the coaching staff at LSU from 1987-1990. In 1990, Mitchell became the first African-American defensive coordinator in SEC history when he served in that position for the Tigers.
Pittsburgh Tight Ends CoachJames Daniel received his first pro coaching assignment through the NFL's Fellowship Program, working with the Saints in 1988.
New Orleans Defensive Line Coach Bill Johnson and Daniel served on the same staff in Atlanta from 2000-03.
Saints Coach Sean Payton and Steelers Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley served on the same offensive coaching staff in Dallas from 2004-05.
Saints Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers Coach Joe Vitt and Steelers Wide Receivers Coach Richard Mann served on the sam coaching staff in Kansas City in 2000.
Vitt and Steelers Running Backs Coach James Saxon later served on the same Chiefs coaching staff from 2001-03.
New Orleans Running Backs Coach Dan Roushar tutored Steelers RBLe'Veon Bell at Michigan State from 2011-12, where he served as offensive coordinator as Bell won the Big Ten Rushing title with 1,793 yards in 2012 and was a first-team All-American Selection.
Saints Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Dan Dalrymple handled the same duties for the Miami (Ohio) football team when Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger played for the Redhawks.
Saints Executive Director of CommunicationsDoug Miller is a Pittsburgh native who attended the University of Pittsburgh.
