NFL

Another failing woke Disney project? Color me shocked

Only NFL thing my wife will watch. Guest aren't so great. Some you can tell are not really off the cuff speakers and need to be scripted.

Novelty has worn off

I want to hear people talk football. Not talk about pop culture shit during a football game. They need to keep it football related.

I’d watch it if it didn’t cost 15$ a month or whatever. Espn is not worth it.

It is fucking horrible

Manningcast was great year one, and it’s been downhill ever since.

I used to watch it because I couldn’t stand the MNF crew. But I like Joe and Troy so I’ve switched back to the main broadcast.

I stopped watching after a couple episodes. It feels like some fun commentary interspersed with Ellen's morning show, which is a drag.

Because it's boring. As UT fan I love Peyton but I can't watch the manningcast at all

If it's a shit game. it is a shit game. I pick the Manning cast because I like the depth of football knowledge and the joshing between brothers.

The main broadcast getting better probably has something to do with it.

I still very much enjoy manning cast but I tend to agree with everyone saying maybe less celebrity guests and more players/former players and coaches?

i said in the first season the only way they could screw it up was to start packing it with a bunch of non-football related celebrities to pedal their lame products, and that's exactly what they did.

Keep it former players of the teams that are playing if there must be guests. Active players of other teams too. There are only a hand full of guests that seemed kinda funny. I have found my self watching the manning cast highlights more and not the actual broadcast

They were a bigger draw when the MNF crew were bad. Now that it is Buck and Aikman, I haven’t tuned into the Manningcast.

I've always just watched the main broadcast. Game feels secondary on the Manning cast.

The execs must of heard that Arnold was a huge football fan and didn't it was actually soccer.

Damn near every comment is about the guests... am I the only one that can't stand the Mannings? Between their "aw sucks" personality, which in the wild I've damn near universally encountered from people covering up that they're an asshole and the stories over the years confirming that for the Mannings, how are they so popular?

Emmanuel Acho says has one idiotic take, and makes white people uncomfortable in his social commentary and he's public enemy #1. Meanwhile the Mannings are "lovable rascals!" despite seemingly being assholes.

I would watch the Mannings goof around and talk football with whatever guests they like join in and at least pretend like they’re watching the game too. Even if the guest is like that friend you invite over who doesn’t know but keeps dropping buzz words anyway

I would not watch the Mannings try to goof around and talk football, whilst the guest does media for their latest book/movie/song/whatever.

I watched it once. Didn't find it particularly compelling. /shrug

It distracts too much from the game. They should focus on the game more.

Maybe they should have left it on ESPN+ instead of moving it to ESPN 2. If I'm going to have to put on an eye patch to watch the game, I'll just watch the main broadcast.

Make a chat, make the cameras more like twitch, drop the guests

The only guests should be past or present NFL players and staff.

It would be nice if I could actually watch it. It should be streaming on espn+ or hulu

okay after reading some comments here, wasn't aware that the show had like 1000 guest and just random people sometimes that have no football knowledge or anything that is interesting like that. Just have the 2 brothers talk shit to each other or talk about football. Real analysis between these 2 should be enough for most real football fans, theyre also funny AF.

I tuned in to hear football analysis and breakdowns by a HoFer and a future HoFer. Instead I see Peyton trying too hard for laughs, Eli sounding like a stroke victim and a guest who contributes nothing to the viewing experience. I was hoping for a better version of Romo when he started out and instead I get a sad comedy show.

The mannings are incredible. It's a shame they can't get guests on to talk about the game. Of course they're there for their plug but it should be about 90/10 of a split. Bringing on other players is a bit of a dud for me too because these guys have all been PRd to death they don't say anything. I don't need them to trash talk but it's like they're afraid to say simple things too

I just want to hear the two of them talk.

It’s because once you get down to the nitty gritty it’s a dumb idea. Joe buck was practically begging me to change the channel from him and troy and go listen to them. So it makes sense they are failing. They were begging trevor to stay and participate in boring forced conversations during a dead game. Not every game is going to have shit to talk about. Now they are trying it with college football and mcafee? It doesn’t work with two likable guys. Can’t imagine how bad it’s going to be with that douche. I watch football for the football

Less celebrities more football ppl and in a perfect world they were in person in a studio together

Arnold was miserable lmao, just keep getting coaches or players, or former coaches or players

Put the brothers in the same room ffs

Noone wants to listen to these guys anymore. Peyton especially is not interesting anymore

Not interested in the guests, any of them. I want to see the brothers just comment on the game together, get frustrated together, laugh, etc. The guests distract way too much.

Their guests seem to forget there’s a football game being played.

I enjoyed Shannon Sharpe on there cause it felt like 3 guys just talking about football as it was happening

If there is one thing I know, it’s that if there is a way to fuck up a good thing, the suits will find it. “Hey, people really like the Mannings doing football commentary. You know what will make it better? Vapid famous people selling their bullshit while we try to watch TV. It’ll make us billions! Sure it’ll kill the product but THE BILLIONS!!!”

Probably because it’s an unwatchable bore

I’m a massive Peyton fan but I hate the manningcast I just want to watch the game.

The production/audio always seems off, it may have gotten better but I can't stand that

I don’t like the interviews or Eli’s ‘comedy’ although I confess I stopped watching due to that a while back; maybe things have changed. I enjoyed it for the kind of in depth in game situational analysis that you wouldn’t find anywhere else. Peyton is very articulate and comfortable; he’s a natural. Also, not afraid to be critical. I found that a lot of that analysis was getting short circuited by Eli’s peanut-butter mouth comments and stupid jokes and most of the guests were boring

There are too many people at ESPN/Disney who don't realize there are actually people out there who enjoy sports. Like, the actual sports games. Not the celebrity hype machine, the social media jarring, or single game parlay bonuses, but the organized competition between two teams wearing different uniforms.

The ManningCast is an interesting novelty when it's 2 brothers who have played a lot of football providing a commentary track for a football game. In the current format, it's the 2 worst talk show hosts of all-time doing a pandemic era Zoom production while a football game is played in the background. It doesn't help that the real MNF broadcast has a duo who have developed into excellent sportscasters. If I have a choice between listening to Peyton and Eli ask Martha Stewart for her favorite turkey roasting tips or listening to Buck and Aikman elevate a November MNF game to the point that I'm convinced it might decide who goes to the Super Bowl, I'm going with Buck and Aikman.

It’s at its best when it’s just them two talking about the game.

Stop with all the celeb bullshit unless it’s current / former NFL people.

Let's be real it's pretty hard to watch even when it's just the mannings

Personally speaking, I don't think active players should come on there during the regular season, even if on bye. Again, just my personal feeling.

The guests aren't usually very good and both Manning guys suck at interviewing. Most of the time it looks like they are frustrated that there is even a guest and almost ignore them.

Guests should be every now and then

I wonder how they measure this because I watch but I work nights so I’m usually leaving at halftime

I blame Eli and ESPN… they upgraded the main broadcast, bringing people to that one

Besides what others have said about guests (completely agree that they kill the vibe sometimes) i haven't even been able to watch it much as an ESPN+ watcher many times its only espn2.

Like, they were all in espn+ past years, no?