{"id":38579,"date":"2025-11-27T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38579"},"modified":"2025-11-27T23:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:37:11","slug":"bengals-run-into-big-trouble-ahead-of-ravens-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38579","title":{"rendered":"Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236593456-e1759358203280.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236593456-e1759358203280.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236593456-e1759358203280.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236593456-e1759358203280.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals\u2018 Thanksgiving festivities have already gotten off to a rough start.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals showdown with their fierce AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving night in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<h2>Bengals Experience Major Flight Delays in Cincinnati<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5615029\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247017058-e1763495563420.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5615029\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5615029\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Charlie Clifford of NBC 5 Cincinnati had the report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cBreaking @WLWT: Per source, the Bengals were delayed in Cincinnati and are not due to land in Baltimore until just before midnight \u2014 5.5 hours behind schedule. The team had to switch planes before getting the all clear for the Thanksgiving-Eve trip east.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A 5.5 hour delay on a flight is no small inconvenience; it\u2019s a major disruption to the players and staff. Especially for a big-time game like this one for the Bengals, a flight being delayed to land at almost 11 P.M. local time can be killer for players night and morning routines ahead of gameday. This is the last thing the Bengals needed.<\/p>\n<p>The showdown sees the Bengals coming in on a three-game losing streak. These losses came to the New York Jets, Chicago Bears, and Pittsburgh Steelers in that order. This is obviously something they couldn\u2019t afford when it comes to the team\u2019s playoff chances.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Bengals sit at 3-8 and the playoffs are a small light at the end of a very long tunnel. On the other side of the coin, the Ravens are red-hot. Baltimore is 6-5, winning five straight contests after a turbulent 1-5 start.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Lamar Jackson against the Dolphins was the second game in this win streak. They defeated the Chicago Bears the week before with Tyler Huntley.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals know how big this game is. As if their playoff hopes weren\u2019t dead already, they can kiss that little glimmer goodbye with a loss tonight to their rivals. This is evidenced by the return of Joe Burrow, who will take the field in Baltimore tonight for the first time since Week 2 in September.<\/p>\n<h2>Joe Burrow Speaks on Return<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5628352\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg 7170w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=782,520 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=780,519 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=425,283 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=254,169 254w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=270,180 270w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=225,150 225w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235406134_355c7a.jpg?resize=242,161 242w\" alt=\"Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5628352\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5628352\">GettyJoe Burrow will make his return against the Ravens on Thanksgiving night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joe Burrow spoke with the media ahead of his return. This report is per\u00a0<em>NFL.com,\u00a0<\/em>and is Burrow\u2019s response to people seeing him returning to a 3-8 team as pointless:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not going to ever go to somebody and say, \u2018yeah, I\u2019m healthy, but I don\u2019t think I should play.\u2019 That doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense to me. I\u2019m not going to live my life and play this game scared of something happening. \u2026 Yeah, I\u2019ve had injuries. It\u2019s not a lot I can do about that. I worked really hard to have that not happen, but what I can do is when it does happen I can control how I\u2019m attacking my rehab.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bengals QB Joe Burrow on returning to quarterback a team comfortably outside of the playoff picture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s an honorable point of view from Burrow. No, the Bengals aren\u2019t likely at all to make the playoffs. But Burrow knows that the Bengals live and die with him. He is the face of the franchise, so why would he sit a big game like this one against the Ravens out?<\/p>\n<p>Joe Burrow will look for a victory in his return game, as he would love to ruin the holiday for the city of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals ran into some big trouble ahead of the return of QB Joe Burrow and their Thanksgiving showdown with the Ravens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38579\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bengals Run Into Big Trouble Ahead of Ravens Showdown - 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