BENGALS SQUAD SHOW: SCHEDULE is favorable LATE, Bengals need to CONQUER some TOUGH challenges EARLY

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Even with the Bengals' three prime time games in the second half of the regular-season, that's actually the easier half of the Bengals' 2026 Schedule. Alex Frank and Coach Art Valero how the Bengals actually have more advantages in the second half of the regular season as opposed to the first half. The first half of the schedule features a lot of road trips and division games, including three teams in the first four weeks that made the Playoffs last year. In addition, the Bengals' much-improved offensive line will face a stiff test right out of the gate against the Buccaneers, Texans, and Steelers, who all have stout defensive fronts. Speaking of prime time games, the Bengals have three this season. Two of them are at home... against AFC North opponents. Finally, the Bengals get the advantage of having prime time home games against their biggest rivals. The Bengals are going overseas this season to play the Falcons in Madrid, but they won't get a bye week afterwards. Alex and Coach discuss if this is actually not a bad thing, considering a key advantage the Bengals have in the second half of the regular season. Join the Locked On Bengals Insider Community! https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonbengals Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everyday... Find and follow Locked On Bengals on your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AObc0l... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/locked-... Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Square If you’re starting a business, or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at https://square.com/go/LockedOnNFL. Kalshi For a limited time, download the Kalshi app and use code LOCKEDON to get ten dollars when you trade ten. Kalshi. Trade on anything. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get one-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Rocket Money Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at http://RocketMoney.com/LOCKEDON Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase.

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0:00.0	I'm Alex Frank. The Bengals 2026 schedule is out. Coach, you got any plans New Year's Eve?
0:08.1	I want to be toasting the, after watching the game, I want to be toasting the Bengals.
0:13.8	I will be too.
0:15.0	Today, it's the Bengals squad. Everything Cincinnati Bengals every week.
0:20.8	Breaking down all the big hits and game-changing plays from the Queen City,
0:25.0	the way only the locked-on podcast network can.
0:28.5	From the jungle to the playoffs, the Bengals Squad Show starts now.
0:35.9	Good morning from St. Petersburg, Florida. Coach is somewhere in Texas. He's got a big game
0:41.2	tonight. I'm Alex Frank. He's coach Art Valero. This is the Bengals Squad Show. We are presented this
0:46.4	morning by Game Time right now with the Game Time app. You can create an account and use code
0:51.8	locked on for $20 off your first purchase.
0:55.1	And with some big games tonight in the NBA playoffs, you could be soon headed your way to one of
1:00.4	those games, maybe even the NBA finals next month. But that aside, we got a great show coming
1:04.8	up for you today. The Bengals schedule is out. All 17 games, the whole NFL schedule is out.
1:09.4	It is really good, by the the way just league wide we're
1:12.2	going to talk about the bengal's second half advantages why the first half is tough the primetime home
1:16.5	games in the a fc north and of course Madrid but we begin with our general kind of 30,000 foot
1:22.5	overview of the NFL schedule coach and wouldn't you know the first game is against your
1:26.8	former team I you know the first game is against your former team.
1:28.8	Hey, you know what? I'm just glad for the Bengals that it's not down in Tampa on that opening
1:35.9	day. It can get in, you know, early September, very hot. I mean, I've seen teams come in. They're going to wear white. They'd force you to
1:46.9	wear black or and or orange. And they would, I mean, they'd turn up the heat and let that
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