How to watch the Bengals on Sunday Night Football.
Stop if you’ve heard this before: this is a crucial game for the Cincinnati Bengals. They are using all nine lives at this point in the season to stay in things.
This game against the Los Angeles Chargers is even more important as the Chargers are one of the three Wild Card teams currently, so a win is more like winning two games. It is more likely that Cincinnati will catch the Denver Broncos in the seventh seed currently, but there is still a decent bit of season left.
The Chargers’ defense has been superb this year. Opposing teams have only reached 20 points twice this season, and head coach Jim Harbaugh’s more run-focused attack really limits opposing offenses’ opportunities.
That isn’t exactly good news for the Bengals, as their offense has been rolling lately, but the defense still struggles to put a whole game together.
Last week, the Ravens scored touchdowns on their last four drives to win the game, some of which were like the 80-plus-yard reception where the receiver out-hustled three defenders. Those were pretty embarrassing efforts on the part of the defense.
Here is how to watch Sunday Night Football this week!
Cincinnati Bengals (4-6) at Los Angeles Chargers (6-3)
- Date/Time: Nov. 17th, 2024 at 8:20 pm ET
- Location: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA
- Series Leader: The Chargers currently lead the series with a 22-14 lead in the regular season
- TV Channel: The game will air nationally on NBC-TV. In the Bengals’ home region, it will be carried by WLWT-TV (Ch. 5) in Cincinnati, WDTN-TV (Ch. 7) in Dayton, and on WLEX-TV (Ch. 2) in Lexington
- Broadcasters: Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Melissa Stark (sideline reporter), and Terry McAuley (rules analyst).
- Online Stream: Peacock, NFL+ (mobile only)
- Replay: NFL+
- Radio Broadcast: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, which is led by Cincinnati flagship radio stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (1530) and WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). In addition, the game will air nationally on Westwood One Radio. Broadcasters are Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) and Mike Golic (analyst).
- SB Nation Chargers’ site: Bolts from the Blue
- Rosters: CIN | LAC
- Stats to Know: CIN | LAC
- Weather: According to NFL Weather, it will be mostly clear, the mid-60s
- Odds: The Bengals are currently 1.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Expert Predictions
- CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco took the Chargers in a 31-28 win
- Three of USA Today’s pickers are going with Bengals.
- NFL Pick Watch — which takes into account expert picks from across the web — has Cincinnati receiving 56% of the picks.
