Ranking the Cincinnati Bengals' all-time greatest schedule release videos (2019-2024)
It's the Super Bowl of subtle jabs and viral memes: NFL schedules release Wednesday.
In what has become a league-wide tradition to reveal the 17-game slate, the Cincinnati Bengals will likely premiere their 2025 schedule release video via social media Wednesday night.
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To all NFL social media staff out there, we see you and we respect you. With that being said, we ranked the Bengals' schedule release videos from the past six seasons (2019-2024), with No. 1 being the best video.
Here's where the Bengals' schedule releases stand. (We will update this ranking later once the 2025 video drops).
No. 1: Pee-wee football-themed release, 2024
Coming in at No. 1 is the Bengals' 2024 schedule release video, which featured a cast of pee-wee football players in an intense game against numerous Bengals mascots.
Plenty of kid-friendly special effects made their way into the mascot football game, including a tackle made with an electric guitar and a couple of plays cut short thanks to the use of a magic portal and a lasso. Throughout the video, NFL fans might've spotted a couple semi-subtle jabs at opposing teams (did you see the Kermit the Frog cameo right ahead of the baby Bengals' Week 2 standoff against the Chiefs?).
No. 2: Technology-centered video (ft. Mayor Aftab Pureval), 2023
The Bengals' media team used the world wide web angle to its advantage for the 2023 schedule release, with the help of Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval.
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Pureval took jabs at the Kansas City Chiefs ahead of their 2023 AFC championship game against the Bengals. In a video posted to social media, Pureval referred to Arrowhead Stadium as "Burrhowhead Stadium." After the Chiefs won, tight end and former UC player Travis Kelce responded by called the mayor a "jabroni."
In the release video, a notification popped up, alerting that Pureval had tweeted. The video went on to, of course, have the mayor announce when the Bengals would face the Chiefs, noting that he had "nothing else to add."
Bengals' offensive tackle, Orlando Brown Jr., who played for the Chiefs during the 2023 AFC championship matchup, recorded Pureval and said, "I think that was better than the last time."
The video also featured multiple other cameos, include appearances from comedian Gary Owen, TV host Kay Adams and former Bengals wide receivers A.J. Green and Trenton Irwin.
No. 3: Leaning into Burrow's cigar-smoking image, 2020
In a now-deleted tweet, the Bengals revealed their 2020 schedule by kicking things off with a "Rick Roll like it's 2011 again," CBS Sports previously reported.
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The team leaned hard on the image of its No. 1 overall pick, quarterback Joe Burrow, by centering the video around the iconic image of the QB smoking a cigar after winning the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship with LSU and current teammate Ja'Marr Chase.
According to CBS Sports, the schedule was revealed "through individual cigars getting labeled with the corresponding opponents of each week, including one that just says, 'Bye.'"
No. 4: 'The Legends Pack,' 2021
The Bengals used their legendary players and game moments to announce their 2021 schedule with a playful spin on football cards: "The Legends Pack." The 1980s-style video started with a static TV screen turning on. Each week was accompanied by a prominent former Bengals player and their legendary in-game moment.
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Wide receiver Chad Johnson kicked off the video, followed by Jim Breech, Tim Krumrie, Willie Anderson, Bob Trumpy, Isaac Curtis, Boomer Esiason, David Fulcher, Lemar Parrish, Ken Riley, James Brooks, Ken Anderson, Reggie Williams, Corey Dillon, Dave Lapham and, lastly, Cris Collinsworth.
No. 5: Who Dey zooms on a scooter, 2019
Who doesn't love a good mascot video? For the Bengals' 2019 schedule debut, the team had its favorite Bengal, Who Dey, "zoom" through downtown Cincinnati, the Bengals' stadium and the team's weight room on a Razor scooter to announce the schedule.
The video was simple, but it got the job done.
No. 6: Relying on Photoshop and bad animation, 2022
In another now-deleted post, the Bengals combined over 100 stock photos and bad animation to reveal their 2022 schedule, which the team dubbed "the biggest Bengals season ever."
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"What happens when you combine 100+ stock photos, bad animation, and the biggest Bengals season ever?The 2022 Schedule Release!" the Bengals wrote in the deleted post.
The Bengals' 2022 schedule release was among CBS Sports' "six best social media reveals" for its creative use of Photoshop.
Enquirer reporter Grace Tucker contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ranking the Bengals' all-time greatest schedule release videos
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