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Cincinnati Bengals To Play International Game for First Time in Joe Burrow Era
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Cincinnati Bengals To Play International Game for First Time in Joe Burrow Era

Cincinnati Bengals On SI·Jay Morrison·20 days ago
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Turns out the Madrid mayor was right after all, just a year premature. The Cincinnati Bengals are headed to Spain. The Bengals will be the road team for a Week 9 game against the Atlanta Falcons at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. “I’m open to it,” Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said when asked about the possibility of playing internationally a few hours before the league made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. “Especially this year since it would be a road game for us,” Taylor added. “I’m all for giving up a hostile atmosphere here in the states and going abroad.” Last spring there was a report that Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida leaked that the Bengals would be playing the inaugural Spain game. That turned out to be incorrect, as that game featured the Dolphins and the Commanders. One year later, the Bengals officially headed to Martinez-Almeida's backyard. “It’s a great opportunity to promote the game internationally,” Taylor said.…

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