It was the team and broadcast we’ve all been waiting for: Peyton. Eli. Monday Night Football.
The Monday Manning MegaCast broadcast — an alternative from the main cast with Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick — certainly didn’t disappoint when it came to fun moments shared everywhere as the Baltimore Ravens fell to the Las Vegas Raiders in overtime, including some wacky stuff (yes, Peyton really did his best Jon Gruden in the first half) and guest stars from Charles Barkley to Russell Wilson.
We’ve collected some of the best clips we’ve seen from the debut below. Here they are in no particular order:
1
Yep, here's that Gruden
Like speaking a foreign language!
“I've always wanted to play Jon Gruden. This is what Jon Gruden is saying to Derek Carr in the headset.”
The Manning brothers showing us what the pre-snap conversation is like on ESPN2 and @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/76TK8aRPMw
— ESPN (@espn) September 14, 2021
Peyton is out here dressed in full Gruden gear 😂 pic.twitter.com/AYGf6tj8ne
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) September 14, 2021
Peyton Manning is going full Jon Gruden 😂 pic.twitter.com/Zkf0wM0yrJ
— PFF (@PFF) September 14, 2021
2
Peyton's reaction to that Raiders OT INT was perfect
You can see how invested he is in actual football games. That’s pretty cool!
Peyton Manning’s reaction to Derek Carr’s INT was hilarious. #BALvsLVR #MNF pic.twitter.com/Ypb30YaO7O
— Michael Stets (@Michael_Stets) September 14, 2021
3
They're icing their own kicker!
With Wilson in the “booth,” the Raiders were out of timeouts and couldn’t get Daniel Carlson out quick enough and took a delay of game penalty before the game-winning touchdown. This exchange is exactly what’s great about this format.
"Did he say delay of game?"
"They didn't have a timeout? oh my gosh."
"Now they gotta send the offense back??"
Just complete disbelief by Eli, Peyton and Russell.
What an ending.pic.twitter.com/hYRYP1MQbn
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 14, 2021
4
Eli zings Peyton about his forehead ... TWICE!
Brothers!
Peyton Manning “This helmet doesn’t fit”
Eli “They didn’t have a XXL helmet for that forehead”
pic.twitter.com/PTHUaEGepH— gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 14, 2021
Eli bullying Peyton on Live TV 😂
“You need some more powder on your forehead it looks like you sprayed Pam all over it”— gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 14, 2021
5
A fire alarm went off
They handled it really well.
Fire alarm went off at Eli Manning’s place during Monday Night Football.
Big brother Peyton: “Eli what’d you do?” 😂 pic.twitter.com/adBTuF0ye4
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 14, 2021
6
Charles Barkley was his usual awesome self
The format of having guests drop in here and there really helped the broadcast.
“is this dude gonna overthrow everybody all night long?”
😂😂🤣💀 pic.twitter.com/Vg2Wf6ToWf
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 14, 2021
“There’s no place for no slow, 6’10” guys in the NFL.”
Charles Barkley on what positions Larry Bird and other NBA legends would play in the NFL 😂 pic.twitter.com/rtvGxmMSKT
— ESPN (@espn) September 14, 2021
7
We learned some behind-the-scenes stuff
Like the “I can’t hear you!” trick when the coach calls a play you don’t like:
The Peyton/Eli @NFL_MNF broadcast is gold! So many highlights… how to choose the best. There will be a Top 10 for the broadcast tomorrow. This has to be in the top three at least #icanthearyou pic.twitter.com/bSHiJHDEFp
— JD Hill (@JDeWayne8) September 14, 2021
