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When Peyton Manning Speaks, the NFL Listens

The highly anticipated 2020 NFL draft broadcast opened with a familiar voice. "This may look like separation," Peyton Manning narrated while images of vacant city streets and empty stadiums flashed, "but it's actually solidarity. It's a sign that, through isolation, we are fighting as one. And there's no better reason than that, for hope."

He doesn't have an official job with a team or a network, but Manning is still the voice of football, and one of the biggest ambassadors for the game. He's been offered a TV job almost every year since he retired in 2016, and he's had serious conversations to run NFL teams.