The Cincinnati Bengals will remain in a prime slot on New Year’s Eve for a showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The NFL announced that there will be no changes to that holiday slate this season, keeping the Bengals as one of three games with a late-afternoon kickoff.
Once Joe Burrow went down for the season, it was reasonable to expect the NFL might want to shift a matchup with huge playoff implications like Miami vs. Baltimore into one of those slots.
Instead, the Bengals have kept their season alive via a miracle run from Jake Browning at the same time the Chiefs have struggled, losing three of their last five.
Considering what’s at stake and the fact Bengals-Chiefs is one of the best rivalries in the NFL right now, the league has decided to stay the course, Burrow or not.
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