Like them or not, Monday night doubleheaders seem to be here to stay.

The business calculation is simple. More total people will watch two games that are broadcast on a Monday than one on Monday and one that otherwise would have landed in the cluster of Sunday games.

Watching the games and enjoying the experience, however, are two different things.

For me, the first choice is one game, and one game only. Monday Night Football is, or should be, special. It should be unique. It started as one game. Good, bad, otherwise. One game, and people watch it or they don’t. More often than not, people watch it — even when the game isn’t a good one.

Having a pair of games that overlap will goose the size of the total audience for the time period when both games are being played. Which is good for

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