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Host Peyton Manning appears on stage at the conclusion of the ESPYS at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. 
Getting your player ready...
With Jon Gruden now the head coach of the , ESPN is in need of his replacement as the analyst for “Monday Night Football.”
How about ?
The , according to Sports Illustrated.
“We like Peyton Manning,” Stephanie Druley, ESPN’s senior vice president of event and studio production, said to Sports Illustrated. “And we would be foolish not to talk him.”
Manning is “aware of ESPN’s interest,” according to SI, but “has not shown any interest in broadcasting so far.”
Another former quarterback, , is a candidate for the job. Hasselbeck will call the for ESPN on Sunday.
