Peyton Manning’s broadcast debut on Monday Night Football was everything you’d expect:
A mesh between the experience of drinking beer on the couch with your buddies while watching the game, and a Hall of Fame quarterback unlocking insight as the action unfolds in front of you.
The ex-Broncos QB, alongside younger brother Eli, hosted the Ravens-Raiders game on ESPN2 as the first of 10 alternate broadcasts for MNF this season. The “ManningCast” featured heady X’s-and-O’s analysis interspersed with Manning’s typical self-depreciating humor, anecdotes and four notable guests in Charles Barkley, Ray Lewis, Travis Kelce and Russell Wilson.