Jim Nantz is headed to the ManningCast for the first time.
The veteran NFL on CBS play-by-play voice will join Peyton and Eli Manning on Monday night for the Buffalo Bills-Los Angeles Rams game, giving ESPN2 viewers a new addition to the weekly alternate broadcast. The regular Monday Night Football telecast will feature Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on ABC and ESPN, while Nantz takes part in the more relaxed Bills-Rams conversation with the Mannings.
According to Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, Peyton Manning personally lined up the appearance by reaching out directly to Nantz. It adds another familiar voice to a broadcast that leans on personality as much as play-by-play, and Nantz fits the bill after a career that has included NCAA Tournament Final Fours, the Masters and plenty of other major events.
Nantz, 67, will still have his CBS duties to handle first. He is set to call Sunday’s Indianapolis Colts-Pittsburgh Steelers game in Pittsburgh, with that 1 p.m.
ET matchup coming before his Monday night appearance from Inglewood, Calif. Once that game is in the books, he’ll turn his attention to the Mannings and the 8:15 p.m.
ET kickoff.
For one night, at least, Nantz will be in the middle of the Manning brothers’ easygoing football banter, even if he’ll be doing it from far away rather than from the stadium itself.
Eli Manning’s Ole Miss days are long behind him, but the Rebels are still tied to the quarterback tradition with Trinidad Chambliss now leading the way. The source notes that Kalshi’s market is currently offering a look at the 2026 Rebels’ potential victory total with Chambliss at quarterback.
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