Tennessee alum Peyton Manning was at the Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday to watch the Volunteers take on Kansas (the Jayhawks won 74-68). During the game, Manning did an interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe and his brother Eli’s retirement was brought up.
There has been some speculation that Peyton and Eli could be a good commentator duo and Rowe asked Peyton about those rumors.
“Golly, it’d be so hard to get a word in,” Manning said with a big smile. “Eli, we’re always arguing over who’s going to say what. So I’m not sure the two of us would fit in that booth together. But I look forward to doing some fun things with him — in the fall especially — that we haven’t had a chance to do in a long time. He’s at peace so I’m happy about that.”
Peyton and Eli might not end up in a broadcast booth together but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the older brother end up as a commentator at some point. Peyton already has a working relationship with ESPN from his “Peyton’s Places” series, a show that looked back on 100 years of NFL history.
“Peyton’s Places has been a lot of fun to do,” Manning told Rowe. “You get to talk football and nobody hits you in the back, nobody cusses you. It’s a lot more enjoyable, a lot more relaxing. I love the history of the game, it won’t get any bigger than next week’s Super Bowl. It’s been fun to kind of try to tell the history of the NFL the past 100 years.”
Manning, 43, will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
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