Former Vikings defensive end Jared Allen will join ESPN2’s ManningCast during Monday night’s wild-card game between the Vikings and the Rams.
He’ll spend the entirety of the third quarter chatting with Peyton Manning and Eli Manning on the telecast. The ex-NFL quarterback brothers have just finished their fourth regular season doing the telecast, which airs simultaneously to ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” games.
His 136 sacks are 12th on the career list. Allen also had 228 quarterback hits.
The Vikings have played in a game with a Manning Cast once before, in Week 7 of the 2023 season, when they beat the 49ers 22-17 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Bill Belichick, former Patriots head coach now in the same role at the University of North Carolina, will be on the telecast for the first half, as he has all season. A fourth quarter guest has not been revealed.
This is the first Manning Cast since Week 14, when the Mannings were joined by singer John Legend and commentator Cris Collinsworth for Bengals at Cowboys. The telecast does not air every week of the season.