The Rock Shows Off Giant T-Rex Skull ‘Stan’ on Monday Night Football

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson appeared on the final show of this year’s Manningcast NFL Seasons, which Peyton and . was hosted by the famous football brotherly duo of Eli Manning, with the most unusual background — a T-Rex.
Johnson joined ESPN 2’s alternate broadcast for the second quarter of the Los Angeles Rams. Casual NFC wild-card playoff game win He was reflecting on the Arizona Cardinals and on his college football career at the University of Miami when Eli Manning pointed to the dinosaur behind his guest.

“I got a T-Rex skull, yes,” laughed Johnson.

“That’s Stan. So really Stan is the most complete T-Rex skull ever that a paleontologist – a young paleontologist – and his name was Stan, so this T-Rex head was named after him.

“Very nice and badass isn’t it?”

Johnson, 'Stan,' during ESPN2's Manningcast show.

Eli Manning replied: “I love it. I do.”

In October 2020, a 39-foot T-rex fossil – nicknamed Stan after its discoverer Stan Sacrisson, who excavated the remains in 1992 – was sold According to a $31,847,500 fee to an unidentified buyer at Christie’s live auction, National Geographic,

Discovered in a remote region stretching as far as North and South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, the skeleton is believed to be one of the largest and most complete examples of a T-rex, with 188 original bones.

CNN has contacted Johnson’s agent regarding the origin of his T-Rex skull.

The T-Rex skeleton known as 'Stan';  It is displayed in a gallery at Christie's auction house on September 17, 2020 in New York City.

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Earlier in the second quarter, Johnson inadvertently provided a moment of comedic brilliance after Eli Manning asked how he would activate an injured Cardinals team – trailing 14-0 on third and seven.

No stranger to motivational speech, Johnson made an encouraging talk as players lined up for the snap.

“Listen, you’ve got a shot here, you’ve got a chance — you’ve got to scratch, claw, fight, bite, kick through everything,” Johnson said.

“It’s a back to the wall philosophy and when your back is to the wall every moment in life you have a place to go and that’s forward.”

Within seconds of Johnson adding “Let’s Go” to his provocative rally, Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray – under pressure in linebacker Troy Reeder’s end field – proceeded to throw a calamitous interception for a pick-six, causing the Rams to Lead expanded. 20-0.

As the Manning brothers sat stunned, Johnson began to quell their sorrows by drinking from a bottle of tequila.

“I blame it on the encouraging thing,” laughed Eli Manning.

Rams linebacker Troy Reeder pressured Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray to throw a pass that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by David Long Jr.

Johnson left the broadcast at the end of the second quarter, although Eli Manning had earlier thanked him for introducing him to a new nickname: ‘Human Carbon Monoxide’, the silent killer.

The Cardinals eventually came on the scoreboard in the second half, but were still outsold in the closing quarter as they lost 34–11.

The Rams will face Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round on Sunday.

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