Chris Simms and Connor Rogers evaluate why the Bengals and 49ers are the only teams who are favored to make a return to the playoffs in 2025 after missing out in 2024.

Schedule: Matchups to Watch Happy 117th birthday to Bengals founder Paul Brown. For the 10th time, the Bengals open against the Browns and for the fifth time in Cleveland, where Brown coached a record-setting seven NFL titles.

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.

DAYTON — Bengals rookies will hit the field with local students this week. The NFL Flag In-School event will be held at DECA Prep Elementary on Friday. The rookies will help the third and fourth-grade students practice running, throwing, and receiving.

The Cincinnati Bengals need a major bounce back season after two straight seasons away from the playoffs and now have the roadmap to avenge those previous shortcomings.

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.