Ravens TE Responds to Joe Burrow's Complaint

Rarely does an NFL game generate so many headlines six months before kickoff, but this year's Thanksgiving game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium absolutely is.

On the surface, this game is the latest edition in one of the NFL's most exciting rivalries as of late, and the fact that it's in front of a national audience on a holiday only adds to the tension. But that's just it, this is the fourth straight year that the Ravens will host the Bengals in prime time, and third straight year that the game falls on a Thursday night. Meanwhile, each game in Cincinnati during that time (excluding a 2022 wild card game) kicked off at 1 p.m. ET.

That fact hasn't sat well with some in Cincinnati, as not only have the fans raised concerns about it, but so has star quarterback Joe Burrow.

"Playing in Baltimore for the fourth straight prime-time year isn't ideal," Burrow told reporters Tuesday. "Maybe we can get one of those in Cincinnati next year. Please."

In response to that complaint, Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely gave his take on why Baltimore keeps getting the prime time games, while also throwing a playful jab at the Bengals.

"I've seen a little clip of Joe saying that he wants a game in Cincinnati out there on primetime," Likely said on the "Up & Adams" show. "I don't even know what their stadium is called. I just know, when you come to [M&T Bank Stadium], in prime time television, I mean, that's just somewhere nobody else wants to be."