Report: ESPN mulling $20 million offer to Peyton Manning for Monday Night Football

Tony Romo may have sold himself short at $18 million per year with CBS. Front Office Sports reports ESPN is considering offering Peyton Manning $20 million a year to step into the Monday Night Football booth.

Tony Romo could have a short-lived reign as the highest-paid TV sports analyst. ESPN is prepared to offer Peyton Manning $18 million to $20 million a year to call ‘Monday Night Football,' said sources. Romo will make $17 million a year under new CBS deal.https://t.co/OubhKCGuao

— Michael McCarthy (@MMcCarthyREV) March 5, 2020

The 43-year old Manning met with ESPN executives over the last few days, sources said. The two-time Super Bowl winner with the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts has an existing business relationship with ESPN, hosting the 30-episode “Peyton’s Places” documentary series on ESPN+.

ESPN declined to comment.

ESPN pays the NFL $1.9 billion a year for the rights to air MNF- more than double the $950 million paid by NBC for the higher-rated “Sunday Night Football.”