Cincinnati's push to return to the postseason won't be easy, as their 2025 schedule features a cross-conference clash with the NFC North. The four NFC North squads finished the 2024 season with a combined record of 45-23, with three teams making the playoffs.

The Cincinnati Bengals will open the 2025 season on the road against the Cleveland Browns, and they’re opening as 5.5-point favorites against their division rival, per FanDuel. Only three other teams are bigger favorites in the 16-game slate that Week 1 features.

Cincinnati Bengals schedule is being released today as the NFL reveals the entire 2025 slate of games. Follow live updates.

CINCINNATI — The Bengals have added to their analytics department. Cincinnati hired Trey LaBounty as a scouting research analyst according to his LinkedIn. LaBounty played college football at Stanford for two seasons (2020-21) and spent one year (2022) at Miami (OH). He worked at Stanford before interning with the Buffalo Bills last season.

In Week 14 of the 2025-26 season, Joe Burrow and the Bengals will face Josh Allen and the Bills for the fourth time (if you count the cancelled game). And there are sure to be offensive fireworks between two of the top three quarterbacks in the game.

They selected Georgia guard Dylan Fairchild with the 81st pick of the draft in order to improve their offensive line. In a recent interview with the Bengals' two offensive line captains, Orlando Brown Jr. and Ted Karras, they told the media what they thought of the new addition to the line.

NFL schedule is set, as Sports Illustrated followed the Wednesday release with a record prediction for the Bengals. Matt Verdarame has déjà vu striking the team for a third consecutive year. He projected a 9-8 finish while the Ravens ran away with the AFC North at 12-5.