DENVER — Peyton Manning was honored for his community work at a banquet Wednesday night. Ahead of the event, he was asked if he had any desire to run an NFL franchise and he said he'd rather stick to his ''Monday Night Football'' Manningcast with brother Eli that just won its second Sports Emmy award.
''Eli and I really have a lot of fun doing the show. I think a big reason for that is I do it from here in Denver and he does it from New Jersey,'' Manning said. ''I think we're very happy about being able to do it and be home on the weekends and be home 10 minutes after the show.''
Manning said the livecast allows the brothers to ''still be a part of our kids' lives on the weekend.''
Manning and his wife have 13-year-old twins, Marshall and Mosley.
''Mosley plays volleyball and I go to her games from like 4 to 5 on Mondays and I drive over to my buddy's garage and get to call a Monday Night Football game,'' Manning said. "It doesn't really make a lot of sense. And for some reason they've renewed us to do it.
''So, yeah, and this year we're going to add Bill Belichick. Now, explain that! I was kind of wondering if I've been hit in the head too many times,'' the Hall of Famer cracked. ''He's being courted by the other networks and I was recruiting a guy that pretty much made a lot of my life miserable.''
Manning said he's eager for the defensive perspective the former New England Patriots coach will bring. ''So, to have that different perspective on every game that Eli and I are doing this year I think will be awesome," Manning said.
Manning made his comments to reporters ahead of a receiving the 2024 Community Enrichment Award from the Mizel Institute in Denver.