Bengals wanted to host Black Friday game, make it their annual 'tradition'
The New York Jets will welcome the Miami Dolphins to town for the NFL's first Black Friday game on Nov. 24, but there was one other team who badly wanted to play host.
The league reportedly chose the Jets as hosts after Amazon (who will stream the game on Prime Video) suggested a "New York area location" due to the Empire State being "tops in retail activity."
While the Bengals have made a Super Bowl and conference championship game in the last two years, the Jets hold the longest postseason drought across North American professional sports. A certain four-time MVP joined Gang Green in the offseason though, likely making the Black Friday choice more popular.
According to Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith, there hasn't been any "indication that the league plans to make any one team the permanent host of the Black Friday game."
The day before the Dolphins-Jets showdown, six teams will take part in a Thanksgiving Day tripleheader. The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys (both permanent hosts for turkey day contests) will welcome the Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders to their home stadiums respectively, while the San Francisco 49ers will travel to face the Seattle Seahawks in the nightcap.
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