Future Bengals Opponents Through 2025

The Bengals were pretty much rhapsodizing and not griping about their 2025 schedule.

Upon further review, the NFL likes how it fit the Bengals into seven national windows with the possibility of more, while also wishing it could have given them a primetime Paycor Stadium game against AFC North rival Baltimore instead of sending them on the road.

Breaking down the biggest matchups over the course of the Bengals 2025 season.

The NFL released the Bengals' 2025 season schedule Wednesday night, and there were quite a few notable trends.

The Bengals' 2025 schedule was released tonight by the National Football League, including preseason and the full 17-game regular season slate. 

The Bengals will face seven playoff teams in 2025, including six of them on the road.

The NFL 2025 season schedule will be announced on Wednesday, May 14, at 8 p.m. EST on NFL Network and ESPN2, the league announced during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

PALM BEACH, Fla. _ An AFC North donnybrook in Dublin. A Thanksgiving night game in Paycor Stadium. Nearly half the schedule in prime time. All on the table for the Bengals this year. Our conversation with Mike North, the NFL's sultan of scheduling.

The NFL is counting on the Joe Burrow Bengals as they bid for their fourth straight winning season and third AFC North title in four years during eight national television windows this season: "Not only are we counting on them, but that's what the fans have come to expect. That's what the fans are asking for," says Mike North, the NFL's vice president of broadcast planning.

The NFL released its 2024 NFL schedule Wednesday night and Opening Day on Sept. 8 at Paycor Stadium has the Bengals in a 1 p.m. game against the Patriots. It's New England's first game in a quarter of a century without Belichick as the head man and begins a month-long stretch the Bengals play three teams with first-year head coaches and two of them probably starting rookie quarterbacks.

Learn more about the Bengals 2024 season schedule and what match-ups to watch this season.

The Bengals' 2024 schedule was released tonight by the National Football League, including preseason opponents and the full 17-game regular season slate. Cincinnati will be featured in five primetime games as well as three more games in nationally televised windows.