Internet rumblings have suggested the Dolphins could "host" the international game in Madrid next November, making the Bengals one of the only logical opponents for the matchup. The Bengals have the sixth-longest drought in the NFL without an international game (2019), hence the team admitting they have been bracing for one as soon as 2025.

Joe Burrow doesn't have any control over how the NFL schedule is made, but if he did, it sounds like he would definitely be sending the Cincinnati Bengals to Europe this year. The NFL will be holding seven international games in 2025 and although the Bengals haven't been scheduled for a home team in any of those games,

Since Burrow was drafted in 2020, Cincinnati has not played a game outside of the United States. The last time the Bengals played internationally was in October of 2019 when they