ESPN will air their 9th season of Monday Night Football in 2014 and the 45th year for the revered franchise overall.  Unlike their Sunday Night Football brethren, there are of course no flex games for MNF.  That has led to the insanely expensive ESPN schedule in recent years suffering from some primetime duds.  The addition of Thursday Night Football on CBS has led many to believe that ESPN’s MNF schedule would be further weakened in 2014.  You can decide if that’s the case by reviewing the schedule below.

It begins with ESPN’s customary Week 1 MNF doubleheader.  As first announced by Mike Francesa, Giants-Lions leads it off while Chargers-Cardinals will serve as the west coast nightcap (likely called by Chris Berman and Trent Dilfer once again).

MNF runs the risk of suffering from a real lack of divisional matchups with only 3 such games dotting the 17 game schedule.  Bristol will cross their fingers and hope that late season matchups like Panthers-Eagles, Ravens-Saints, Bears-Saints, and Broncos-Bengals will hold their value throughout the season.

ESPN’s 2014 schedule ends with their first NFL playoff game in network history and the 2015 Pro Bowl.

Sept. 8 7 p.m. New York Giants vs. Detroit Lions
10:15 p.m. San Diego Chargers vs. Arizona Cardinals
Sept. 15 8:15 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles vs. Indianapolis Colts
Sept. 22 8:15 p.m. Chicago Bears vs. New York Jets
Sept. 29 8:15 p.m. New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Oct. 6 8:15 p.m. Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins 
Oct. 13 8:15 p.m. San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams
Oct. 20 8:15 p.m. Houston Texans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Oct. 27 8:15 p.m. Washington Redskins vs. Dallas Cowboys
Nov. 3 8:15 p.m. Indianapolis Colts vs. New York Giants
Nov. 10 8:15 p.m. Carolina Panthers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Nov. 17 8:15 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Tennessee Titans
Nov. 24 8:15 p.m. Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints
Dec. 1 8:15 p.m. Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets
Dec. 8 8:15 p.m. Atlanta Falcons vs. Green Bay Packers
Dec. 15 8:15 p.m. New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears
Dec. 22 8:15 p.m. Denver Broncos vs. Cincinnati Bengals
TBD TBD NFL Wild Card Game
Jan. 25, 2015 8 p.m. NFL Pro Bowl (Glendale, Arizona)

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