It was never going to be easy for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022 regardless of what the official schedule release revealed.
That schedule release is here and with it comes the official order of games for the Bengals, a team that — after a trip to the Super Bowl — might just have the toughest schedule in the NFL.
Said tough schedule features five primetime games and a bye week in Week 10.
While it’s early and many things will change between now and when the season actually kicks off, let’s step back and attempt to nail down early predictions for each week of the season, culminating in a final record prediction for the 2022 Bengals.