The Bengals have never opened the regular season against the team they played to close out the preseason in the franchises history.

2000 was the last year the Bengals and Colts didn’t meet during the preseason. It has become somewhat of a tradition. It likely manifested because the teams are fairly close together.

Of course, last year the teams met in the preseason, and then they met again during Week 8, which saw the teams undergo several changes between those times. But this...

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