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Zac Taylor speaks about Cincinnati Bengals 2025 NFL draft picks video

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor speaks at a press conference after Bengals make all their picks for the 2025 NFL Draft.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has said he wanted to play on Thanksgiving, and he’ll have that opportunity in 2025 season as long as he stays healthy.

The Bengals’ Thanksgiving night road game against the Baltimore Ravens Nov. 27 at M&T Bank Stadium highlights Cincinnati’s four-game slate of primetime games scheduled for the upcoming 2025 NFL season. The primetime games were revealed Wednesday along with the entirety of the NFL’s 2025 game schedule.

All told, Cincinnati will play once on Monday Night Football and once on Sunday Night Football, plus the two Thursday night games, although the Thanksgiving game will be carried on linear TV by NBC and is not the “Thursday Night Football” game.

The game at Baltimore marks the third consecutive year the Bengals will face the Ravens in Baltimore on a Thursday night.

Burrow has made multiple statements indicating his desire to play on Thanksgiving, and the game against the Ravens on that holiday this year marks his first on a major holiday.

The Bengals’ Paycor Stadium will host the other Thursday night game (Oct. 16) in an AFC North divisional showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers. That contest will be played under the “Thursday Night Football” banner and be carried by Prime Video.

Cincinnati’s first taste of the bright, primetime lights this coming season will be Sept. 29 for a Monday Night Football matchup against quarterback Bo Nix’s Denver Broncos. The game at Empower Field at Mile High is a rematch of the teams’ overtime thriller of Dec. 28, which the Bengals won, 30-24.

The Bengals’ last scheduled primetime matchup of the year will see the team travel to Hard Rock Stadium to play the Miami Dolphins Dec. 21 on Sunday Night Football.

The Bengals are 0-1 in Thanksgiving games, a loss to the New York Jets in 2010.

Cincinnati Bengals 2025 primetime scheduleWeek 4/Sept. 29: Bengals at Denver Broncos; Empower Field at Mile High. (Monday Night Football, 8:15 p.m., ESPN)Week 7/Oct. 16: Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers;  Paycor Stadium (Thursday Night Football; 8:15 p.m., Prime Video)Week 13/Nov. 27: Bengals at Baltimore Ravens; M&T Bank Stadium (NBC)Week 16/Dec. 21: Bengals at Miami Dolphins; Hard Rock Stadium (Sunday Night Football, 8:20 p.m., NBC)