‘Thought He Was Darnold’: Eli Manning Trolls Carolina Panthers QB Sam Darnold on the Manningcast

During the 49ers’ 31-10 triumph over the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium, Warriors forward Draymond Green appeared on ESPN’s on Monday Night Football. During their conversation, the Manning brothers were discussing the game when Eli suggested that blocking star player Aaron Darnold’s passes. That’s when Peyton corrected his brother that the player’s name is Aaron Donald, and that he mistook his name for Sam Darnold.

Eli Manning unknowingly trolls Sam Darnold during Rams vs 49ers

Sam Darnold is a quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. Aaron Donald, on the other hand, is a defensive superstar for the Rams. But their last names are pretty similar, which led to Eli unknowingly trolling Sam Darnold while talking anout Aaron Donald.

Eli: “You might want to block Aaron Darnold.”

Peyton: “Or Donald. Either one.”

Eli: “They thought he was Darnold. That’s why they didn’t block him. If they knew he was Donald they would’ve blocked him.”

Oof.

THROWBACK: When Sam Darnold was obsessed with Peyton Manning

If one is mentioning Peyton Manning and Darnold in the same sentence, one cannot forget this epic revelation by Jets head coach Adam Gase about Sam Darnold. Back when Darnold was a rookie in 2019, the young quarterback was simply obsessed with the elder Manning brother. “He asks a lot of questions about Peyton [Manning], obviously,” Gase told Albert Breer of SI.com.

He continued: “He watches a lot of the old stuff—he’s watched a lot of Peyton’s stuff. He’s watched almost all of our cut-ups. The good thing is we’ve got a pretty healthy library of examples… He’s watched so much of it he can bring up certain plays from different seasons to where he’ll ask a question—’Hey, what made him do this? Or why did he think this way?’ He’s really gone through a lot of this stuff already.”

Growing up, Sam Darnold adored Peyton Manning and in case you were wondering why Peyton did not join his brother in making fun of Darnold, I guess you now know!

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