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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, left, and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (1) celebrate after the AFC championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. The Bengals won 27-24 in overtime.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nThe Cincinnati Bengals schedule for the 2022 season has been released and it’s packed full of prime-time games.<\/p>\n
After winning the AFC in 2021 and advancing to Super Bowl 56, the Bengals earned their five appearances on national television. Cincinnati will face the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the various prime time windows.<\/p>\n
The Bengals will play two games on ESPN’s \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d, NBC’s \u201cSunday Night Football and Amazon’s\u201c Thursday Night Football \u201dand three of them will be at home. These five games set a franchise record for most primetime games awarded to the Bengals and is also the max number of prime-time games a team can have scheduled.<\/p>\n
Bengals schedule: <\/strong>How people are reacting to the Bengals opening the season against the Steelers<\/span><\/p>\nThe NFL allows teams to get a sixth if their game is flexed into a prime-time window. A seventh game is allowed only if a team’s final regular-season finale is flexed into the window.<\/p>\n