Ex-Patriots coach Bill Belichick lands new gig with 'ManningCast'

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It looks like former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has a new gig. 

Peyton Manning confirmed Friday during an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" that Belichick will be featured as a regular guest on the "ManningCast" as a part of ESPN’s coverage of "Monday Night Football."

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick announces he is leaving the team during a press conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Jan. 11, 2024.  (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

"Bill is going to be a permanent guest on every ‘ManningCast’ show early in the game, probably the first quarter, to kind of take people behind the ropes as to what this defense has to do or what the quarterback’s challenges are," Manning explained. 

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The 2024 season will mark the fourth season of "ManningCast." The Manning brothers provided commentary with special guests for 10 episodes last season. 

Manning called it an "easy pitch" and joked that he relied on Belichick’s storied relationship with brother Eli Manning as part of the pitch. 

Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots, before a game.  (Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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"It was an easy pitch to Bill because I said, ‘Bill, we want you to come on, and we’d love to go behind the ropes on the defensive side … and if you ever run out of things to say, just make fun of Eli.’ That’s always sort of a time filler. And Bill doesn’t like Eli, right? We all know that." 

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