Schedule release tonight

[LondonBrown]

Those first six games look tough on paper! 

[7moses7]

2-15 . Perfect schedule looks to beat the Steelers and Jets. New rookie QB next year 

[Flugel]

@syd said:

we were both wrong

CINCINNATI — The Bengals' 2025 regular season is going to start with a rivalry game: The Battle of Ohio.

The Cincinnati Bengals will head to Cleveland to play the Browns in the 104th Battle of Ohio on September 7.

Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reported the news.

The Bengals lead the all-time series 55-48. Joe Burrow is 3-5 against Cleveland in eight starts against the Browns.

This will be the second time in three years that the Bengals will start the season in Cleveland. The Bengals lost to the Browns 24-3 to start the 2023 season.

The entire 2025 NFL schedule will be released on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. We'll react 

It's looking like Cincy's All Pro and 4 time Pro Bowl Edge Rusher Trey Hendrickson could still be holding out - while their FO would rather count their pennies than do the right thing... That's 1 franchise that won't cave in to the extent they'll let it go into the regular season if need be.  

[Ibleedbrown]

@flugel said:

It's looking like Cincy's All Pro and 4 time Pro Bowl Edge Rusher Trey Hendrickson could still be holding out - while their FO would rather count their pennies than do the right thing... That's 1 franchise that won't cave in to the extent they'll let it go into the regular season if need be.  

Word down here is that the Bengals cut off contract negotiations with Hendrickson. The Bengals have had an out-of-the-ordinary offseason where the normally alligator armed Mike Brown did manage to get deals done for their 1 and 2 wideouts: Chase and Higgins.  Mike is known to be a cheapskate. 

[TexasAg1969]

I got to save my money for the Las Vegas game out there in Nov.

[Ibleedbrown]

The schedule starts and ends like it did in 2023, with the Bengals. I actually went to that last game that year, a battle of the backups. It wasn’t a good game.

[Flugel]

The AFC North takes on the NFC North... 

Should be very interesting.  Last year our secondary killed us even when there was decent pressure up front. As much as I like the players we drafted - it's tough to predict outcomes when the Browns didn't address the secondary in the draft.  They did add FA Corner Nik Needham - who hasn't been the same since his achilles injury 3 years ago. I don't know what's going to happen at Safety with Delpit still making rookie mistakes and having communication issues when the team that drafted him hoped he'd be a leader by now.  That said, his effort is never a problem so I'm hoping for a lightbulb moment to change the trajectory.  Not that this will be tough to upgrade, but Thornhill is gone and there's an opportunity for someone (maybe the Undrafted FA). We'll see.

[Bob806]

@flugel said:

The AFC North takes on the NFC North... 

Should be very interesting.  Last year our secondary killed us even when there was decent pressure up front. As much as I like the players we drafted - it's tough to predict outcomes when the Browns didn't address the secondary in the draft.  They did add FA Corner Nik Needham - who hasn't been the same since his achilles injury 3 years ago. I don't know what's going to happen at Safety with Delpit still making rookie mistakes and having communication issues when the team that drafted him hoped he'd be a leader by now.  That said, his effort is never a problem so I'm hoping for a lightbulb moment to change the trajectory.  Not that this will be tough to upgrade, but Thornhill is gone and there's an opportunity for someone (maybe the Undrafted FA). We'll see.

The Browns signed an ex-Steeler, Kazee, for a Safety spot the other day. I don't think he's a difference maker, but he has starting experience.

I agree with you on Delpit, a liability in pass coverage. He's better as a pseudo-LB close to the LOS.

[Flugel]

@bob806 said:

The Browns signed an ex-Steeler, Kazee, for a Safety spot the other day. I don't think he's a difference maker, but he has starting experience.

I agree with you on Delpit, a liability in pass coverage. He's better as a pseudo-LB close to the LOS.

Thanks Bob!  The 8 year veteran does have some starting experience so that should help. I'm guessing the only drawback is he only weighs 174 pounds at 5'11" but Pittsburgh employed him for 3 years fwiw.  He had 112 combined tackles (33 assisted tackles) and 5 INTs within his role there. Here's his career stats:

[syd]

[Ibleedbrown]

@flugel said:

Thanks Bob!  The 8 year veteran does have some starting experience so that should help. I'm guessing the only drawback is he only weighs 174 pounds at 5'11" but Pittsburgh employed him for 3 years fwiw.  He had 112 combined tackles (33 assisted tackles) and 5 INTs within his role there. Here's his career stats:

8 year career and zero sacks. I bet the call him Sackless Kazee in the locker room. 

I’m guessing he’s what we used to call a free safety who doesn’t play much around the LOS. Not a bad compliment to Delpit who may not be great in coverage but has some nice moments in run support. 

[Flugel]

@ibleedbrown said:

8 year career and zero sacks. I bet the call him Sackless Kazee in the locker room. 

I’m guessing he’s what we used to call a free safety who doesn’t play much around the LOS. Not a bad compliment to Delpit who may not be great in coverage but has some nice moments in run support. 

? Since he's not a Steeler any more - how about this IBB?  Sack-free Kazee. 

That said we don't need to waste our 174 lbs of Fat-free Kazee blitzing anyway; if he can duplicate that 2018 season where he had 7 INTs with 82 combined tackles with 22 assists.  

[syd]

@texasag1969 said:

I got to save my money for the Las Vegas game out there in Nov.

cheap seats around $200.00 

does anyone know if or where their big screen is located ?

[Marvin the Martian]

@bob806 said:

Looks like 10-6-1 #woofs

I hope you are attending an Optimists Anonymous meeting soon

[TexasAg1969]

@syd said:

cheap seats around $200.00 

does anyone know if or where their big screen is located ?

Well, my Vegas friend is in his early 80's and has too many disc problems in his to attend a game out there, so looks like I'll pass on that.

[Dutch Oven]

[Bob806]

@marvin-the-martian said:

I hope you are attending an Optimists Anonymous meeting soon

Lol, I got the boot , out of plan coverage for Browns Fan Disorder

[Ibleedbrown]

This was a neat thing l stumbled on, it’s the Jets schedule in an “infinity drawing” where you have to zoom in on a picture in a particular spot to see the next game. We do play the Jets this year so we are represented in this. 

[syd]

@dutch-oven said:

these guys are Idiots

[MDDawg]

@syd said:

Sunday Oct. 5		Minnesota VikingsTottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England	9:30am ETNFLN	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at Baltimore RavensM&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at Chicago BearsSoldier Field, Chicago, IL	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at Cincinnati BengalsPaycor Stadium, Cincinnati, OH	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
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Date TBA		Green Bay PackersCleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		Tennessee TitansCleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
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Date TBA		at Detroit LionsFord Field, Detroit, MI	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at Las Vegas RaidersAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at New England PatriotsGillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at New York JetsMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ	Time TBATV TBA	Buy Tickets
Date TBA		at Pittsburgh SteelersAcrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

No primetime games, when despite our record we had two of the most entertaining prime time games last season. Most primetime games last year sucked esp Sunday and Monday night. The NFL is pandering too much to broadcasters now and will suffer the same fate of the NBA who're stuck on promoting last decade's stars that the public are tuning out.