Not all Thursday Night Football games are great. TNF has a reputation among hardcore NFL fans for featuring some of the most boring games of the season. This year's slate of first-of-the-week games has featured a mixture of both -- from dreadful productions that put fans to sleep to thrilling, high-scoring shootouts.
Luckily, there's a good one coming up. Two teams with high-powered offenses and two of the best quarterbacks in the league will clash tonight in what could easily be the best game of the week. This AFC showdown will likely have major playoff implications for both the eventual winner and loser.
Who is playing on Thursday night? How can the game be viewed, and who will win?
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Who is Playing on Thursday Night Football?
The 4-5 Cincinnati Bengals, desperately fighting to make their way back into the playoff picture, will travel to Maryland to face the 6-3 Baltimore Ravens, fresh off a blowout win over the Denver Broncos in Week 9. The Bengals also smothered their opponent, the Las Vegas Raiders, last week.
Four touchdown day for Joe Burrow.
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— Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) November 3, 2024
Both signal-callers are playing some of the best football of their careers. Burrow threw for 251 yards, five passing touchdowns, and one pick last game, while Jackson threw for 280 yards and three TDs. The last time these two teams faced off, fans were treated to an instant classic.
When and How Can I Watch The Game?
The game will not be live on broadcasting stations or available for purchasers of NFL Sunday Ticket. Instead, fans will have to have purchased either Amazon Prime, available for $14.99 per month or $139 per year, or Prime Video, which costs $8.99 per month.
"There's no love lost out there on that field."
The Bengals are about to play one of the biggest games of the season on Thursday Night Football. pic.twitter.com/RIrWJBfoVM
— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) November 7, 2024
If you want to tune into any Thursday game this season, this is a great one to do so.
Who is Going to Win?
These two teams faced off on October 6 in what became one of the most entertaining contests of the year. Baltimore prevailed in a 41-38 shootout that featured nine passing touchdowns between the two quarterbacks. In the end, the game went to overtime, and the Ravens won on a field goal by kicker Justin Tucker after Cincinnati missed its try.
JUSTIN TUCKER FOR THE WIN.
RAVENS TOP THE BENGALS 41-38 IN OT.
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If the Bengals couldn't get it done at home, and they end up being without one of the NFL's best receivers, Tee Higgins (quad), then it's likely the Ravens will win this game and go up 2-0 in their divisional rivalry. This would make it next to impossible for Cincinnati to win the AFC North, underscoring the true importance of this game.
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