Bengals to open NFL season vs. Bucs, host Ravens on Thursday night
For the first time since their Super Bowl season of 2021, the Cincinnati Bengals will not play a Thursday night game in Baltimore. As the NFL prepares to release the full 2026 schedule at 8 p. m.
ET Thursday, May 14 (ESPN, NFL Network), NFL reporter Jordan Schultz posted news that the Bengals will host the Ravens for a “Thursday Night Football” game in Week 17. MORE: AFC’s marquee matchup set for Thanksgiving Night on NBC Schultz posted a report about two games for the Bengals. He wrote that Cincinnati will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the season opener at 1 p.
m. ET Sept. 13.
And the Bengals and Ravens will square off in prime time on Dec. 31 at Paycor Stadium. On Wednesday, the NFL announced the Bengals will face the Atlanta Falcons at 9:30 a.
m. ET Nov. 8 in Madrid, Spain.