Fans have voiced their frustrations on social media over the kickoff time

Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback, at a game.

NFL fans are fuming over the Los Angeles Chargers-Las Vegas Raiders kickoff time for Week 2 of Monday Night Football.

The AFC West matchup is the second of two primetime NFL contests on Monday.

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Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback, at a game.
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NFL fans have been greeted with the first Monday night doubleheader of the season.

However, for many fans, the doubleheader isn’t the warmest of greetings due to the time of the second game.

The doubleheader will not have two games on simultaneously, as the first game, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Houston Texans, is on at 7:00 pm ET.

The second contest, the Chargers-Raiders matchup, is at 10:00 pm ET.

NFL fans, many of whom reside on the East Coast, expressed their disappointment over the late start for the nightcap.

“Can’t name many people on the east coast that’ll catch more than a quarter of the Chargers – Raiders game tonight Extremely bad business on that kickoff time,” one said.

“Raiders and chargers play mad late what the hell that’s not right,” another commented.

“The damn chargers playing at 10pm on Monday. Why does the sports world hate east coast fans,” a third wrote.

“Whose idea was this? a fourth asked.

“I hate being on the east coast cuz wtf is this,” a fifth added.
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Both games will be televised on ESPN, with the Bucs-Texans also broadcasting nationally on ABC.

The television commentators for the first game will be play-by-play caller Chris Fowler and NFL analysts Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick.

And the No. 1 team featuring Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Lisa Salters will be on the call of the Chargers-Raiders matchup.

Unlike previous years, the network is airing two MNF traditional doubleheaders.

One of them was made due to an originally scheduled game to air exclusively on ESPN+ in Week 7.

The game will be a showdown between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Texans.

There will also be two “split doubleheaders,” which will see ESPN and ABC air separate games at once in Week 4 and Week 6.

One game will begin at 7:15 pm ET on ESPN and the other at 8:15 pm ET on ABC.