NFL Has Classy Response To Joe Burrow's Complaint

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow wasn't shy about voicing his frustration with his team's schedule in 2025.

After hoping for an international game and a primetime division matchup against the Ravens at home, Cincinnati got neither. And the two-time Pro Bowler admitted he feels its beyond time his team got to host one of those games.

"Playing in Baltimore for the fourth straight year in primetime isn't ideal," Burrow told reporters last week. "Maybe we can get one of those in Cincinnati. Please."

Burrow's comments eventually got back to the league office and drew a response from NFL VP of broadcast planning and scheduling, Mike North — who didn't take issue with the QB's criticisms.

"It's fair," North said to Bengals.com over the weekend. "It's not a one-or-two years sort of a league where you fix every problem every other year or every two years. Once you start getting to the same thing three years in a row, four, or five years in a row, whether it's a short week Thursday on the road or opening on the road. When trends like that emerge, we probably have to adjust at some point."

Even though North wishes he could "wave a magic wand" and fix it because he feels the Bengals have earned the right to be at home for one of those matchups, he did attempt to look at the bright side for Cincy's fans.