Published May 4, 2020 on Bleacher Report
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. Four years into retirement, he is tired of hearing the question, What is Peyton going to do?