Peyton and Eli Manning have made headlines all season with their special ESPN2 broadcasts of "Monday Night Football," in part because of their celebrity guest lineups. But not everything that's come from the Manning brothers' prime-time spectacle has been good. Case in point: an emerging phenomenon known only as ... The ManningCast curse.
What is it, exactly? Think of it like the famed "Madden" curse, which has unintentionally forecast sudden declines from players featured on the cover of the annual NFL video game. Except, in this case, active players appearing as Manning brothers guests suffer the consequences. Consider the biggest names to join Peyton and Eli so far this year:
To review, that's a combined 0-5 record for teams of the active big-name players in the week following said players' appearance with the Mannings, with Wilson and Gronkowski suffering serious injuries in the weeks after their "MNF" gigs. We're not saying the Mannings are trying this, but boy should Bills fans be a little cautious if they're expecting Josh Allen, Week 8's big guest, to easily guide the Bills over the lowly Jaguars in Week 9.
