The Green Bay Packers and Las Vegas Raiders meet on Monday Night Football to end Week 5. You can watch the game on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 at 8:15 p.m. ET.
The traditional broadcast with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Lisa Salters will be on ABC and ESPN. Peyton and Eli Manning will host The ManningCast, an alternate broadcast on ESPN2.
Disney decided to simulcast ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcasts on ABC because of the Writers Guild of America strike. The studios and writers agreed on a new deal, but the actors are still on strike. Even when the actors reach an agreement, it will take the network time to get new episodes of scripted series on air.
After working together for twenty years at FOX, Buck and Aikman are in their second season calling Monday Night Football on ESPN. They called 18 NFC Championship Games and six Super Bowls together at FOX.
Buck, who started his broadcasting career in minor league baseball, called 24 World Series and 22 MLB All-Star games while at FOX. His father, Jack, called Monday Night Football on the radio from 1978–1984 and 1987–1995.
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Troy Aikman’s History With the Packers
Aikman was a quarterback with the Cowboys from 1989 to 2000 before he started his broadcasting career. He led the Cowboys to three Super Bowl titles in four years, the first franchise to accomplish the feat.
The Cowboys drafted Aikman first overall in the 1989 draft after finishing 3-13 in 1988. The Packers selected offensive tackle Tony Mandarich with the next pick. Green Bay dropped to the second pick after winning the final game of the 1988 season. Without that Week 16 win, the Packers would have had the option to take Aikman.
Aikman defeated the Packers three times in the playoffs during his career. He played great against Green Bay in the postseason with 298 pass yards per game and seven touchdowns in the three wins, all played in Dallas.
Peyton Manning’s Magical Monday Night Comeback
Peyton Manning is back with his brother Eli, hosting the ManningCast on ESPN2. It’s the 20th anniversary of Peyton’s Indianapolis Colts rallying from 21 points down late in the fourth quarter against the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.
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On Oct. 6, 2003, Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber intercepted a Manning pass and returned it for a touchdown to put Tampa Bay up 35-14 with just over five minutes left in the game.
The Colts went down the field in less than two minutes to cut the deficit to 14 points with 3:43 left in the game. After recovering an onside kick, Indianapolis was back in the end zone 68 seconds later to get within seven points.
The Buccaneers recovered the onside kick but were unable to run the clock out and had to punt the ball back to the Colts with just under two minutes left. Manning took his team down the field on a five-play, 85-yard drive to tie the game with 35 seconds left. The game headed to overtime tied at 35 after Tampa Bay kicker Martin Gramática missed a 62-yard kick at the end of the fourth quarter.
The Buccaneers got the ball to start overtime but had to punt the ball back to Manning and the Colts. Indianapolis drove 65 yards on 14 plays to set up a field goal attempt for kicker Mike Vanderjagt. The 40-yard field goal was missed, but the Buccaneers got called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Vanderjagt took advantage of his second chance, making a 29-yard field goal to give the Colts a 38-35 win. You can see highlights of the win here.
The win had extra meaning for the Colts and head coach Tony Dungy, who returned to play against the team he coached for six seasons.
