Joe Burrow isn’t happy that the Bengals play the Ravens in Baltimore in primetime on Thursday yet again. It’s the fourth time in as many years Cincinnati has had to play under the lights in Baltimore. While it’s an anomaly, NFL Vice President of broadcast planning and scheduling Mike North concedes he has a point.
Creating the NFL’s schedule is no easy task, and appeasing everybody is effectively impossible. As North routinely jokes, the goal seems to be to make everyone equally unhappy with their lot. But he admits there is something to Burrow’s complaints about the Bengals’ schedule, perhaps something to address in their formula.