Overview
- Both teams completed last-minute practices in Madrid and held media availability on Friday as they prepared for Sunday’s 9:30 a.m. ET kickoff.
- Joe Burrow said Friday that playing in Madrid “means a lot” and framed the game as part of the league’s drive to grow the sport overseas.
- A Bengals win would extend Cincinnati’s streak to four games and would put the team level with the Pittsburgh Steelers atop the AFC North.
- Burrow is pacing the NFL in completion percentage, passing yards per game and touchdown passes, anchoring one of the league’s top offenses.
- The matchup doubles as a tactical test and a spectacle: Bijan Robinson’s run game meets a revamped Cincinnati front, twin brothers Chase and Sydney Brown will face each other, and the game highlights the NFL’s expanded nine-game international slate and added overseas practices to manage travel.