Al Michaels Roasted Peyton Manning With Clever One-Liner While Calling Lions-Packers

Al Michaels got jokes.

Thursday Night Football Amazon Prime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Al Michaels got in a pretty solid burn on Peyton Manning while calling Thursday night’s game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.

After commentator Kirk Herbstreit talked about Manning’s attention to detail while selling a play-action fake, Michaels chimed in, “He’s been selling everything since then, too.”

Kirk Herbstreit explains how great Peyton Manning was at selling the play-action at quarterback.

Al Michaels: "Peyton's been selling everything since then too." 🏈🎙️ #NFL #TNF pic.twitter.com/iBLyI4qgEi

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 6, 2024

It wasn’t the only laugh line Michaels delivered on the night. Earlier in the game, while discussing Detroit coach Dan Campbell’s aggressive decision-making on fourth down, Michaels dropped another winner.

"It's easy to say 'What the heck is he doing?'... You live by the sword, you die by the sword... He's living up to what he does. You can't question it when he does it and it works." - Kirk Herbstreit on Dan Campbell

"Yeah, a thin line between a genius and a bum." - Al Michaels https://t.co/sqDAkcD4VI pic.twitter.com/6QnbEOLx7W

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 6, 2024

A personal favorite moment of Michaels's night though came while he was doing an ad-read for the upcoming Simpsons altcast. “Well Kirk, it says here,” Michaels began dutifully, before deadpanning his read through the promo.

The Al Michaels ad read for the 'Simpsons' MNF altcast. pic.twitter.com/x2g0sk5s5b

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 6, 2024

This is the man that called the Miracle on Ice. He does not care for the upcoming SImpsons altcast. But he is a broadcast professional, so he will do the dang ad read. That doesn’t mean he has to like it.

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