The guest list has become one of the most entertaining parts of the “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” program. Viewers have been entertained by who the two brothers get for the show. They have pulled people from all walks of life, including current NFL players like Tom Brady, broadcasters like Al Michaels, comedians like Kevin Hart and even former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
And with each episode, they continue to add surprises to the mix.
The Patriots-Bills matchup is one of the biggest “Monday Night Football” games of the year so far, as the winner of the contest will be perched atop the AFC East. As such, the Mannings should have no problem lining up guests for this one, though it will be interesting to see if they can get a current player to join them. That hasn’t happened during the last couple of episodes, as players may have been scared away by the Manningcast curse.
No matter who the Mannings are able to land, the discussion should be entertaining. It will be hard for any guest to top Marshawn Lynch’s performance in Week 7, however. He appeared on the show and admitted he had been drinking Hennessy (and dropped plenty of profanity during the broadcast). That episode itself was legendary, as it was also the one during which Eli Manning famously showed the camera the double bird. That prompted three viewer-submitted complaints to the FCC.
Will the Mannings be able to top that show and those moments? It’s unlikely, but perhaps their three-man guest list for Week 14 will pull off a surprise.
Here’s a look at the guest list for the Week 13 airing of “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” during the Buccaneers vs. Giants game.
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Manningcast guests for Week 13
David Letterman, comedian and former late-night talk show host Aqib Talib, former NFL (and Patriots) cornerback Joe Buck, Fox Sports broadcaster
David Letterman
It’s no surprise to see that the Manning brothers were able to get David Letterman to come onto their show. Peyton has a relationship with the 74-year-old comedian and former late-night talk show host and he once appeared on Letterman’s show to throw footballs at taxi cabs.
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Now, it seems that Letterman is returning the favor by appearing on “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli.”
Letterman is a big Colts fan, so naturally, he is also a fan of the elder Peyton. Surely, they’ll discuss some of Manning’s best moments with the Colts and perhaps they’ll break down how the Colts match up with the Bills and the Patriots, who they play in Week 15.
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Aqib Talib
Talib is a former teammate of Peyton Manning, so it makes sense that he’d agree to be on this broadcast. He won a Super Bowl with the Broncos but also played a year and a half with the Patriots before signing in Denver. As such, he might have some unique insights on Bill Belichick’s program that he could want to share.
This season, Talib has spent time in the broadcast booth as a part-time partner for Gus Johnson at Fox Sports. He should be a natural in the “booth” with the Mannings given his experience calling NFL games.
Joe Buck
Two Fox Sports broadcasters in one week? Look out, Fox. It looks like ESPN and the Mannings might be trying to poach your talent!
In all seriousness, Buck is a long-time broadcaster who has a relationship with Manning. Both are Hall of Famers and Buck has called many of Manning’s games throughout his career.
Buck will likely regale fans with some of the weirdest tales of his professional career in the booth. Buck has a comedic side as well, so he will probably crack more than a few jokes during his time on camera.
Perhaps Buck is out for revenge on Manning, who quipped in an earlier episode of the Manningcast that Buck knew nothing about coverage.
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How to watch Peyton, Eli Manning on Monday Night Football
TV channel: ESPN2 Live stream: ESPN+, fuboTV
“Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” will be broadcast on ESPN2. It will also be simulcast on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+, which has several subscription options. You can view them all below.
Viewers can also stream “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” using fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial.
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The brothers last graced the ESPN airwaves for a Week 9 battle between the Saints and the Ravens. Once again, they will be calling a Saints game on “Monday Night Football,” but this time, New Orleans will be playing in a divisional clash against the Buccaneers.
The game itself will be important in helping decide who controls the NFC South, which is one of the NFL’s weakest divisions. That said, most tuning into the Manningcast will care about two things above all else: They will want to hear banter between the brothers and see which guests are joining them in Week 13.
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Per usual, the Manning brothers have lined up an eclectic guest list, and viewers should find plenty of interesting conversations happening as the play unfolds. It may not reach Marshawn Lynch’s level, but viewers will be entertained either way.
Week 13’s edition of “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” will be the seventh of the 2022 NFL season. There are expected to be 10 episodes of the alternate broadcast in total, including one during ESPN’s wild-card game.
Here’s a look at who will appear during the Week 13 episode of the Manningcast.
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Manningcast guests for Week 13
Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” Randy Moss, ESPN analyst Dana White, UFC president
Robin Roberts
Roberts will be the first guest on the Manningcast in Week 13. The “Good Morning America” anchor has plenty of experience in the sports world, most notably having worked at ESPN from 1990 through 2005 as a host of “SportsCenter” and other programs, and cut her teeth as a sports reporter in Mississippi, Nashville and Atlanta.
Roberts is from Louisiana and will likely bring some perspective on her hometown team, the Saints, to the table. She also claimed in a promotional video that she was going to be nice to Eli Manning, so perhaps she’ll crack some jokes about Peyton.
Randy Moss
Bringing Moss in for this week’s episode was also a no-brainer. The ESPN analyst already is a regular on the “Monday Night Football” pregame show and has ties to Tom Brady, with whom he enjoyed his best NFL seasons.
Moss can provide the Mannings with some unique perspective about playing with Brady. He may also describe his relationship with the quarterback or detail the duo’s record-breaking campaign with the Patriots in 2007.
Of course, Eli Manning will almost certainly take some digs at Moss for the Patriots’ failure to go undefeated during that campaign. It was Manning’s Giants that ended New England’s bid at perfection in Super Bowl 42.
Dana White
Moss isn’t the only Brady-connected guest for the Manningcast in Week 13. White is a friend of Brady’s, and the UFC commissioner and president will have a chance to tell some stories about Brady in his appearance on the show.
White has provided intel about Brady’s free-agent moves in the past. He once claimed that Brady and Rob Gronkowski planned to join the Raiders during the 2020 offseason, but it was nixed by Jon Gruden. Perhaps he will have another nugget about Brady’s plans for the future as he prepares to hit free agency in 2023.
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How to watch Manning brothers on Monday Night Football
TV channel: ESPN2 Live stream: ESPN+
“Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” will air on ESPN2. It will also be simulcast on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+, which has several subscription options. You can view them all below.
Monday Night Football schedule 2022
Start time: 8:15 p. m. ET TV channel: ESPN Live stream: ESPN app
ESPN has been the home of “Monday Night Football” since 2006, but the booth saw a massive shakeup this offseason. JOe Buck and Troy Aikman have taken over the broadcast, moving from Fox, perhaps making the choice more difficult for viewers this year. “Monday Night Football” games can be streamed via the ESPN app.
“Monday Night Football” games featuring the Manning brothers are denoted with an asterisk. The Saints vs. Buccaneers Manningcast will be the first of December and the third-to-last of the regular season.
