Can't wait to see if the Bengals get any respect this season, especially with prime-time games. Any other year, the Super Bowl teams would be all over the night and national games. This year though, with all the action in the AFC, it seems like we are getting lost among those bright shiny objects. Are they going to highlight the Chiefs/Bills opening weekend instead of the AFC champs?

edit International games will be announced on May 4. We are a strong candidate for for Europe either against the Bucs in Germany or England against the Saints.
the first Amazon game, Sep 15 will be announced during the draft. Select games will be announced on May 9

The NFL Schedule will be released on Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

— Emily Parker (@Emily_Parker) April 21, 2022

I hope we don't play primetime. I like the 1pm games. Gives me a reason to get drunk early.

(04-21-2022, 04:49 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: I hope we don't play primetime. I like the 1pm games. Gives me a reason to get drunk early.

I get up @ 5 am for work....    Night time games that go to 11 can be hard to finish.

So i dont want too many prime time games lol

I believe the Bengals-Titans game is supposed to be in Nashville this coming season.
If it is, I will probably try to go to that.
I was there for the playoff game, and man do Titans fans not like Bengals fans cheering Who Dey lol

(04-21-2022, 04:59 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I believe the Bengals-Titans game is supposed to be in Nashville this coming season.
If it is, I will probably try to go to that.
I was there for the playoff game, and man do Titans fans not like Bengals fans cheering Who Dey lol

I've been to a couple Titans/Bengals games including the playoff game last year. Their fans are so lame. Just not a ton of passion or ***** given by them. 

(04-21-2022, 04:44 PM)pally Wrote: Can't wait to see if the Bengals get any respect this season, especially with prime-time games. Any other year, the Super Bowl teams would be all over the night and national games. This year though, with all the action in the AFC, it seems like we are getting lost among those bright shiny objects. Are they going to highlight the Chiefs/Bills opening weekend instead of the AFC champs?

edit International games will be announced on May 4. We are a strong candidate for for Europe either against the Bucs in Germany or England against the Saints.
the first Amazon game, Sep 15 will be announced during the draft. Select games will be announced on May 9

The NFL Schedule will be released on Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

— Emily Parker (@Emily_Parker) April 21, 2022

I am not a fan of our team going overseas, but since we only have 8 of 17 games at home it would be a team we are scheduled to play on road which helps a bit

(04-21-2022, 04:44 PM)pally Wrote: We are a strong candidate for for Europe either against the Bucs in Germany or England against the Saints.  

I hope not.  Those games suck for the teams having to travel east across multiple time zones. Having traveled to Europe many times it takes a bit of time to adjust.  It's much harder than traveling from east to west. Of course that impact will affect both teams.  But if the Bengals have to play one I hope it is against the Bucs and I hope they make Brady wish he actually retired.

And of course a team that just made the Super Bowl playing against Brady and the team that won the Super Bowl the year prior would be a big ticket item for an overseas game.

(04-21-2022, 05:19 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I've been to a couple Titans/Bengals games including the playoff game last year. Their fans are so lame. Just not a ton of passion or ***** given by them. 

They sure told me and the other Bengals fans around to STFU lol

It will be interesting to see what they do.

(04-21-2022, 05:23 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I am not a fan of our team going overseas, but since we only have 8 of 17 games at home it would be a team we are scheduled to play on road which helps a bit

Hope it is Tampa and Brady we play in London.

(04-21-2022, 06:49 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Hope it is Tampa and Brady gets embarrassed if we play them in London.

Fixed that for you.  

(04-21-2022, 07:23 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: Fixed that for you.  

I'd love to see Brady and the Bucs face plant this season and go like 5-12 getting taken out behind the woodshed on a regular basis.

(04-21-2022, 06:02 PM)ochocincos Wrote: They sure told me and the other Bengals fans around to STFU lol

And then you showed them how easily an arms up "Touchdown!" signal can be brought down into a "Suck It!" signal?  

(04-21-2022, 07:23 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: Fixed that for you.  

Well that went without saying George. 

(04-21-2022, 07:28 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I'd love to see Brady and the Bucs face plant this season and go like 5-12 getting taken out behind the woodshed on a regular basis.

I would love them to be undefeated leading up to this game and we thrash them in London and Brady knows who the next 
great QB is. Loved what Brady and the Pats have done to the Stool all these years but I think he should of stayed retired.

It may of been time, I just think he saw Burrow in the latter part of the season and the postseason and said...

I want to play against this guy at least once. Burrow brought Brady out of retirement, that and the dang nagging wife....

BTW, no offense to any other nagging wives out there, oh nevermind, we aren't sorry.

---No long west coast road games this year.  Longest trip is to Dallas.  Love to get that one out of the way opening day while team is still fresh.  That is a game with a lot of national appeal.  Awuzie and Collins will give the game a bit more of a "rivalry" feel than usual NFC matchups.

---Overseas games involve 2 full days of travel.  We don't need that.  But since we only have 8 home games it would have to be one of our road games.  That means the opposing team would lose home field advantage.  All that extra travel might be worth it in that situation.

---Want to get both Browns games out of the way as early as possible.  It would be great if we could get both games in before Watson returns from suspension.  

---Our 4 big AFC non-division games (KC, Buf, NE, Ten) split pretty well.  I consider the Chiefs and Bills as the best two teams and we get both of them at home.  

---Miami now has a lot of talent, I don't know if they will be good or not, but they certainly could be.  Glad we have them at home also.  Hope this is late December/January game.  Cold weather would be a big advantage for us.

---I predict 2 prime time games in addition to the Thursday night game.  Playing the first place schedule we have a bunch of high-profile games (Dal, TB, NO, Buf, NE, Ten, KC) in addition to Pitt and Bal.  We will definitely get a home prime time game (non-Thursday)

(04-21-2022, 08:20 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And then you showed them how easily an arms up "Touchdown!" signal can be brought down into a "Suck It!" signal?  

Fun fact - I was actually still in line for the restroom when the Bengals scored their only touchdown lol.
Was over a half hour wait for every guy's restroom.

(04-21-2022, 09:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: ---No long west coast road games this year.  Longest trip is to Dallas.  Love to get that one out of the way opening day while team is still fresh.  That is a game with a lot of national appeal.  Awuzie and Collins will give the game a bit more of a "rivalry" feel than usual NFC matchups.

---Overseas games involve 2 full days of travel.  We don't need that.  But since we only have 8 home games it would have to be one of our road games.  That means the opposing team would lose home field advantage.  All that extra travel might be worth it in that situation.

---Want to get both Browns games out of the way as early as possible.  It would be great if we could get both games in before Watson returns from suspension.  

---Our 4 big AFC non-division games (KC, Buf, NE, Ten) split pretty well.  I consider the Chiefs and Bills as the best two teams and we get both of them at home.  

---Miami now has a lot of talent, I don't know if they will be good or not, but they certainly could be.  Glad we have them at home also.  Hope this is late December/January game.  Cold weather would be a big advantage for us.

---I predict 2 prime time games in addition to the Thursday night game.  Playing the first place schedule we have a bunch of high-profile games (Dal, TB, NO, Buf, NE, Ten, KC) in addition to Pitt and Bal.  We will definitely get a home prime time game (non-Thursday)

I can't believe I forgot the one single scheduling issue that could make the biggets difference.  It would be awesome to have our Thursday night game right after our bye.  Thursday night game kick off less than 100 hours after the end of the Sunday games.  That is not enough time for an NFL team to recover and prepare for another game.  I hate Thursday night games.  They are usually low quality of play.  At least pray that it does not follow a road game.  There should really be some rule against that.

(04-21-2022, 04:44 PM)pally Wrote: Can't wait to see if the Bengals get any respect this season, especially with prime-time games.  Any other year, the Super Bowl teams would be all over the night and national games.  This year though, with all the action in the AFC, it seems like we are getting lost among those bright shiny objects.  Are they going to highlight the Chiefs/Bills opening weekend instead of the AFC champs?

edit International games will be announced on May 4.  We are a strong candidate for for Europe either against the Bucs in Germany or England against the Saints.  
the first Amazon game, Sep 15 will be announced during the draft.  Select games will be announced on May 9

The NFL Schedule will be released on Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

— Emily Parker (@Emily_Parker) April 21, 2022

I am willing to bet the Bucs game will be in Germany....I don't really like that travel, but it is less of a home game for Tampa.  The Bengals are an obvious choice to play them because of their talent and best uniforms:)

(04-22-2022, 08:14 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I am willing to bet the Bucs game will be in Germany....I don't really like that travel, but it is less of a home game for Tampa.  The Bengals are an obvious choice to play them because of their talent and best uniforms:)

Cincinnati having a strong German heritage would make sense to play in Germany.
Hopefully it'd also be during Octoberfest.

(04-22-2022, 08:14 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I am willing to bet the Bucs game will be in Germany....I don't really like that travel, but it is less of a home game for Tampa.  The Bengals are an obvious choice to play them because of their talent and best uniforms:)

I’m betting, if we go to Europe, it will be to London against the Saints. They will not want to play the Bengals in the Superdome with the potential of thousands of LSU fans turned Bengals fans in attendance. We know because of the scheduling rules that the game will have a AFC opponent. That means the only potential visiting team is the Raiders, Ravens, or Bengals.