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The NFL will have a quirk to the league schedule in 2022 as there will be a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader in Week 2 (Sept. 19), with two games being played at the same time. The first game will pit the Tennessee Titans at the Buffalo Bills, to be played at 7:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Philadelphia Eagles will play host to the Minnesota Vikings in the second game, which will start at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
The entire Monday night slate was released on Thursday night, and you can check it out below.
The Bills are expected to be one of the favorites to reach the Super Bowl in the AFC, led by Josh Allen and a star-powered offense featuring Stefon Diggs and the emergence of Gabriel Davis. This will be the fifth consecutive year Buffalo will play Tennessee as the Bills have lost their last two games against the Titans. This is the first time the teams have met in Buffalo since 2018.
The Eagles had one of the biggest moves of the offseason with the acquisition of A.J. Brown from the Titans and are coming off a playoff appearance last year. The Vikings just missed the playoffs last year, but Justin Jefferson will be making his first visit to Lincoln Financial Field since Philadelphia selected Jalen Reagor one pick before him in the 2020 NFL Draft. Jefferson is the only receiver in NFL history to have 3,000 receiving yards after his first two seasons.
The “Monday Night Football” doubleheader had been an opening-week staple on the schedule since 2006, as the late game (typically starting at 10:15 p.m. ET), featured West Coast teams. The Week 1 doubleheader was eliminated last year to feature a Week 18 doubleheader on the final Saturday of the…
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