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Who are the Manningcast guests for the Wild Card NFL playoff game?
For the final time this season, Peyton and Eli Manning will cast their expert eye over ‘Monday Night Football’ as the Rams host the Vikings.
The NFL Wild Card round action draws to a close today with a Monday Night Football meeting between the LA Rams and the Minnesota Vikings. The game also heralds the end of the Manningcast for this season, the final time that Peyton and Eli Manning’s alternative broadcast will be available for viewers on ESPN.
Monday’s show will be the 11th Manningcast of the 2024 season, the third season in which the Super Bowl-winning brothers have provided their own take on games. A key part of the hugely successful format is the introduction of special guests each week, and the final show brings two names with real expert knowledge to offer.
Six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is back with the Manning brothers again, continuing his status as a regular on the weekly episodes. He first stepped in to the role after leaving the Patriots at the end of the 2023 NFL season, but many not be around so much going forward after recently taking on a head coaching role at the University of North Carolina.
The other guest for the final Manningcast of the season is Jared Allen, an ex-player with a long association with the Vikings. Allen, a five-time Pro Bowler as a defensive end, spent six years in Minnesota during his playing career. He’s a big personality and will be eager to remind Eli of their own on-field history together.
The Manningcast will be available on ESPN2 and available to stream on ESPN+ and FuboTV. The show with Eli and Peyton Manning will begin at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Monday, January 13.
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Will Bill Belichick appear on Manningcast in 2025?
During his 23 years in charge of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick’s media appearances will relatively limited. In 2019 he appeared as an analyst on the NFL Network’s series NFL 100 All-Time Team, eventually winning a Sports Emmy for his contribution to the show.
When he left the Patriots in 2024 Belichick stepped up his media appearances, taking part in The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN and going on to become a regular contributor on the Manningcast. He has appeared on every episode of the show broadcast during the 2024 NFL season.
However having now taken over as head coach at NCU, Belichick’s broadcasting future is unclear. Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show earlier this month, Belichick revealed that he expects to be busy in his new posting.
“Most of my focus now is on recruiting at North Carolina,” he explained. “January is the one month when the head coaches in college can be on the road, and so I’ll be out on the road almost every day in January to do that other than these three days here that are days we can’t be recruiting.”
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