The Cincinnati Bengals essentially maxed out the number of primetime games they’re allowed to have in 2022.
That schedule includes one trip to “Thursday Night Football,” plus two games on a Monday night and two more on a Sunday night. The team plays each divisional team once on primetime, plus opponents like the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills. Even a game against the Kansas City Chiefs that isn’t primetime still gets the high-rated 4:25 p.m. ET slot.
Count Rich Eisen among the folks who love the fact Joe Burrow’s casual approach to turning around the Bengals has the team as a major primetime staple.
Eisen explained why the Bengals get so many national games in 2022:
“It’s because the Bengals are an outstanding team that went to the Super Bowl, and then went about fixing their problem on the offensive line in free agency and just drafted just to fine-tune things. When’s the last time the Bengals just fine-tuned things?”
He later gushed about how Burrow has so calmly turned around the franchise:
“…and we’re all sitting here believing it. Joseph Burrow, everybody. Joey from Athens Ohio, the Cincinnati savior. And he’s so cool about it too. ‘Yeah, it’s my first offseason really. I got drafted and there was that whole pandemic thing. And then you know, the blew out my knee thing. And then I took them to the Super Bowl and we’re just fine-tuning around here.'”
There’s a reason Burrow is becoming one of the faces of the NFL and outselling all but a few players in terms of merchandise.
