New York (OK, New Jersey) has two teams, Los Angeles has two, and London is likely to have two. What about Chicago? The market currently supports two teams in the sport that used to be America’s pastime. With the Bears struggling to secure taxpayer funding for a new stadium, having a second team play there could be a solution. The inventory of games would instantly double, from 10 to 20. It would become much easier for to pay for the building with minimal public assistance.

Enter the Bengals. They’re less than three months away from the final countdown to the expiration of their lease at Paycor Stadium. During the league meetings this week, executive V.P. Katie Blackburn said the quiet thing out loud — after 2025, the Bengals can go wherever they want to go.

It’s easy to come up with a list of cities that currently have no NFL teams. But the best outcome for the Bengals, and the Bears, could be to partner up in a new Chicagoland stadium. Lakefront or Arlington Heights. Wherever. The revenue from 20 NFL games each year, along with everything else that could be hosted in a fixed-roof building, should be able to pay for the building.