The Monday Night Football Manning MegaCast — yes, the ManningCast! — was back for a very weird New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills matchup in wintry conditions, with the Pats attempting just three (!!!) passes all night in a 14-10 win.
Luckily, we had Peyton and Eli Manning and some guests — this week, it was Joe Buck, Aqib Talib and David Letterman, no current NFL players though — to entertain us as we watched the weirdness unfold.
That means it’s time yet again to round up some of the best moments we saw from the Mannings and their guests.
Here’s what we saw from Monday’s show:
1
Joe Buck zinged Peyton
Ouch! Maybe it was payback for the previous Peyton zing of Buck?
"Joe, when you have a blowout game, do you ever wish you could have a guest on there that you and Troy can interview?" – Peyton
"Yeah you l know the last time I thought about that was when you guys played Seattle in the Super Bowl." – Joe Buck 🔥#ManningCast pic.twitter.com/IKFO0RAKJH
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
2
David Letterman is very funny
This was how David Letterman joined the Manning Cast 😅 pic.twitter.com/y64QFmfgjw
— Billy Heyen (@BillyHeyen) December 7, 2021
Also learned a lot about Bill Belichick!
A tale of two Bills from David Letterman 😂 pic.twitter.com/n0TFw0lbLV
— ESPN (@espn) December 7, 2021
3
Did we miss out on the end of a great Roger Goodell story?
ESPN awkwardly cuts to commercial during David Letterman’s Roger Goodell story pic.twitter.com/qiJ07HP3bD
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 7, 2021
4
Buck had a hilarious call
"Instead the handoff is to whoever the hell that is…" – Joe Buck 💀 #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/F2CgVHIHH5
— The MMQB (@theMMQB) December 7, 2021
Also, this on TV timeouts was funny:
Peyton hates TV timeouts, to which Joe Buck says "How can I say I hate TV timeouts, I'm sitting in my house in Cabo. And when you do more TV…you're gonna love'm too." #ManningCast pic.twitter.com/FCv6wukD02
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
5
Aqib Talib revealed he almost came back to the Pats
Bill Belichick tried to talk Aqib Talib into coming back to play for the Patriots as his "tight end stopper." Then he checked to see which tight ends NE would play… #ManningCast pic.twitter.com/TFru6goJEI
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
Also, Belichick isn’t that strict?
"To be honest, it's not that strict. Don't be late…know your stuff…and don't play around with the media. You stick to those three rules, you'll have a great time in New England." – Aqib Talib on what it's like to play for Bill Belichick pic.twitter.com/iBsk1TG2Ea
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
6
Letterman revealed why Peyton did the "Quarterback Challenge" on "Late Night" and Eli didn't
"You're delusional. We invited you. We begged you to do it. And I think you said oh I don't to hurt my arm" – Dave Letterman, who has receipts on Eli #ManningCast pic.twitter.com/YgLLC9ImVa
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
In 2014, David Letterman threw footballs at taxis with Peyton.
In 2021, he's going to watch Monday Night Football on a Zoom with Peyton & Eli.
Bills. Patriots. @Letterman. TUNE IN. pic.twitter.com/bEW0CMQCks
— Omaha Productions (@OmahaProd) December 3, 2021
7
Peyton wasn't allowed to interview Mac Jones and Eli told him to stop bothering the rookie
Peyton tried to talk to Mac Jones and the Patriots PR team were like, nah. #ManningCast pic.twitter.com/qVB1SmkIQC
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 7, 2021
Eli wants Peyton to leave Mac Jones alone 😂
"Stop bothering the guy during preparation. … Leave him a voice memo and just get out of his way." pic.twitter.com/F26rKFnPet
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) December 7, 2021
8
The two of them showed off custom shoes for good causes
Love this.
Eli and Peyton show off their #MyCauseMyCleats on the ManningCast ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ABgpQPMxEt
— NFL (@NFL) December 7, 2021
