Eli Manning joined The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday to discuss the future of the ManningCast, which he says won’t change anytime soon.
Eli and his older brother, Peyton, have done a weekly telecast during Monday Night Football that has proven to be a successful alternative to the main broadcast.
“We’ve stayed pretty true to what the original plan was,” Eli told McAfee. “We wanted to make it feel like what it’s like to sit on the couch with Peyton and I and watch a football game. That’s still the idea. We’re gonna talk some X’s and O’s, we’re gonna make fun of each other, and every now and then, Pat McAfee pops in in the living room and we start talking with him or we’re talking with Snoop Dogg.”
As far as preparation is concerned, Peyton remains meticulous even in his retirement.
“I always tell Peyton ‘Hey, I’ll watch these games. You watch those and we can trade notes,’” Eli said. “I’ll leave Peyton like an eight-minute voice memo out of the notes, what I saw, ‘Hey if you want to watch it, here are four or five plays that are interesting.’ Peyton leaves me a 45-minute voice memo with the breakdown of the plays.”
Peyton’s preparation throughout his NFL career made him one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time, and he’s brought that same level of preparation to his retirement gig.
