Several readers are griping about the fact that the “game” between the 0-4 Bengals and the 3-1 Cowboys has been designated as the primary viewing option for the second half of the CBS doubleheader.  With the Ravens and Titans getting ready to get it on, it’s clearly the better game, and some think it should have been moved to 4:15 p.m. EDT.

But here’s the thing.  The Cowboys are the NFL’s version of Notre Dame, and CBS gets to televise Dallas only once this year.  (The Ravens-Cowboys game later this year would have been aired on CBS if it were a Sunday game; it’s instead a Saturday night game that will be shown on NFLN.)

So for CBS, which during the ’70s and ’80s was the home of so many compelling Cowboys games , there was no doubt that the network’s only return to Dallas in the final year of Texas Stadium would be treated as a big deal, regardless of the quality of the other games.