When the National Football League officially released its 2025 schedule last week, several teams and players lamented the quirks that seemingly put them in disadvantageous positions. Count Joe Burrow as one of them, particularly regarding Cincinnati facing one of its biggest rivals.
While the Bengals will get one of the most coveted scheduling spots of the entire season—playing in primetime on Thanksgiving—it will come on the road versus the Baltimore Ravens. Playing on the road versus a divisional rival was a given, but Burrow was miffed that the game would be in primetime, as it has been for three straight years. The Bengals suffered defeats all three times. Well, the schedule makers have made it four for four, to the displeasure of the league’s passing leader last season.
