{
  "id": 15387559,
  "title": "Are the Cincinnati Bengals playing today?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/are-the-cincinnati-bengals-playing-today",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T09:31:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cincinnati-bengals-playing-today-093101139.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Cincinnati Bengals are not playing a game this coming Sunday. Instead, the team has taken a bye week following their Week 5 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and his staff have expressed satisfaction with the strategic timing of the bye week, citing injury considerations as a contributing factor. The Bengals are set to resume their regular season on Sunday, October 25, when they travel to play against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Fans of the team can expect a high-stakes matchup, potentially without star quarterback Lamar Jackson, who may be sidelined due to injury. The 2026 regular season schedule for the Cincinnati Bengals lists multiple games leading up to their October 25th matchup, with weeks 1 through 6 covering matches against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Dolphins.",
  "summary": "A look at the upcoming schedule information for the Cincinnati Bengals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}