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After a one-year hiatus, the NFL will be bringing back the Monday night doubleheader in 2022 and the league will be doing it with a twist.For the 2022 season, the Monday doubleheader will feature one game that will air on ESPN and one game that will air on ABC. According , the twist here is that a portion of both games will be airing at the same time. The tentative plan would be for one game to start at 7 p.m. ET and then for the other game to start at 8 p.m. ET, which means there would be a roughly two-hour window (8 Alex English Jersey -10 p.m. ET) where the two games would be airing at the same time. Under the old doubleheader format, one game would start at 7 p.m. ET and the other one would start at 10:15 p.m. ET.The report also states that the doubleheader will likely take place at some point during the first four weeks of the season. ESPN had that there would be a Monday doubleheader Nikola Jokic Jersey  in 2022, but the fact that the two games will be airing at the same time is new information.The Week 1 Monday doubleheader had been a regular part of ESPN's schedule for more than a decade, but the NFL and the all-sports network in 2021 with ESPN getting a Saturday doubleheader during the final week of the season instead.The two Saturday games , but that deal doesn't start until 2023, so ESPN and the NFL made a few slight changes to their existing agreement that allowed ESPN to air the Saturday games this year.  The upcoming season will be the final year of the old media deal and during that season, not only will ESPN be getting the simultaneous Monday doubleheader, plus the Saturday doubleheader, but one international game will also air on ESPN+. The NFL has five international games schedule for 2022 with three in London, one in Mexico City and one in Germany.When the new media kicks in starting with the 2023 season, Monday will be getting even crazier. Not only will there , but the NFL will also have the power to FLEX Monday games starting in Week Michael Porter Jr. Jersey  12 of that season.In other scheduling news, Amazon is still hoping to make a Black Friday game happen. owner Robert Kraft had , but right now, it doesn't look like it's going to happen because the NFL has been "lukewarm" to the idea, according to . Amazon will be taking over Thursday night games in 2022 and likely wanted to add a Black Friday game since the company won't  Vlatko CanCar Jersey get to air any Thursday games on Thanksgiving as those all go to the major broadcast networks (CBS, NBC and Fox).  According , an option for a Black Friday game is built into Amazon's streaming contract, but that option can only be exercised by the NFL, so the internet giant is going to have to convince the league that a Black Friday game is something that fans want.         Pick Six Newsletter   Crafted By The Best NFL  Troy Daniels Jersey Experts   Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings.     I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies.  By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the and acknowledge Paramount's .                 Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe.       Thanks for signing up!   Keep an eye on your inbox.     Sorry!   There was an error proce sing your subscription.