This is it. This is the week Joe Burrow makes his return to the field. The Cincinnati Bengals will be on the road for Thanksgiving night to play the Baltimore Ravens.
Cincinnati is creeping close to that
mathematically eliminated area of the season, sitting at 3-8. They’ve been lucky Baltimore started out terrible, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are collapsing mid-season, per usual.
The team is getting back Burrow after he exited Week 2 with a turf toe injury so serious it required surgery. They will also be getting Ja’Marr Chase back from a one-game suspension. Unfortunately, Tee Higgins will be out with a concussion, so we won’t get the three amigos on the field again quite yet.
Cincinnati’s defense probably had one of its best outings of the season last week against the New England Patriots. They had some atrocious plays, but when it mattered, they kept New England out of the end zone on two separate goal-line stands and didn’t let them run out the entire clock, which gave the offense a realistic chance.
The Ravens are hitting their stride. They have won five straight games to be in a realistic position to win the AFC North. Lamar Jackson has had games where he has looked like the MVP-caliber quarterback we have all seen, but he has also had games where he disappears; that didn’t hold them back last week.
Their defense has had its ups and downs, but they’ve taken advantage of playing some bad or inexperienced quarterbacks as of late.
Can Burrow take advantage and walk away with a turkey leg at the end of it all?
How to Watch Cincinnati Bengals at Ravens
- Game Time: 8:20 PM ET on November 27th, 2025
- Location: M&T Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
- Series Leader: The Ravens currently hold a six-game advantage in the regular season, 32-26, while the Bengals hold a 1-0 lead in the postseason. Baltimore currently has a four-game win streak over Cincinnati, recording sweeps in the last two seasons.
- TV Channel: The game will air nationally on NBC-TV. In the Bengals’ home region, it will be carried by WLWT-TV (Ch. 5) in Cincinnati, WDTN-TV (Ch. 2) in Dayton, and on WLEX-TV (Ch. 18) in Lexington. Broadcasters are Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Jason Garrett (analyst), Melissa Stark (sideline reporter) and Terry McAuley (rules analyst).
- Online Stream: Peacock, NFL+ (mobile only), NFL Game Pass International (International, excluding China)
- Replay: NFL+ and NFL Network (check local listings)
- Radio Broadcast: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati flagship radio stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (1530), and WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). In addition, the game will air nationally on Westwood One Radio. Broadcasters are John Sadak (play-by-play) and Mike Mayock (analyst)
- SB Nation Ravens’ site: Baltimore Beatdown
- Rosters: CIN | BAL
- Stats to Know: CIN | BAL
- Weather: According to NFL Weather, the game will be in the high 30s with mostly clear skies.
- Odds: The Bengals are currently 7.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel Sportsbook
Expert Predictions
- NBC Sports’ model is toward Baltimore against the spread.
- Yahoo Sports’ early pick is with the Bengals +7
- Cincy Jungle Pick: Regardless of standings for recent history, these games have been razor-thin. The Ravens have swept the Bengals two years in a row, but only one of those games was decided by more than three points. That is the game Burrow left early with his wrist injury. The Bengals’ defense was encouraging last week, but this still feels like more of a shootout than what we saw against the Patriots. Bengals squeek it out 42 to 41.
