ESPN's attempt to lure Peyton Manning to Monday Night Football "remains a Hail Mary"

New York Post

For the second year in a row, ESPN is trying to get Manning to join its Monday Night Football booth. ESPN executives met with Manning last week at his Denver house. "But there is no evidence yet that Manning will say yes to ESPN, as he declined MNF last year and he has said no thanks to CBS and Fox before," reports Andrew Marchand. "To finally go into the booth, Manning will likely need everything to line up right, which it doesn’t appear to with MNF; especially after Manning saw fellow Tennessee alum, Witten, go from 'Captain America' to America’s punch line under ESPN’s watch last year." ALSO: With or without Manning, MNF is in the midst of a 40-year-long identity crisis.