The "Monday Night Football" Manningcast of the Rams-49ers game featured an awkward moment as the discu sion turned to Draymond Green and the 2012 NBA Draft.

Roughly midway through Green's appearance Aaron Donald Jersey on the show, Peyton Manning asked whether it was true that the Lance Dunbar Jersey Warriors star, who went No. 35 overall in his draft, could name each of the players taken in front of him. The three-time NBA All-Star and champion quickly rattled off several names before Manning stopped him.

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Eventually, the ESPN2 broadcast brought up a list of each of the players taken in front of John Kelly Jersey Green, including one Fab Melo, who went No. 22 overall to the Celtics.

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That's when Eli Manning quipped, "Fab Melo? Where did he play?" That created a brief pause before Green responded, " Ramik Wilson Jersey Fab Melo was the Celtics." That then prompted the younger Manning to ask whether Melo was still playing. Green responded, Dante Fowler Jr Jersey "Nah, he's God rest his soul" before the talks quickly returned to football.

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Here's a brief clip of the segment:

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Melo, who played two seasons under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, diedFeb. 11, 2017 Andrew Whitworth Jersey , at age 26. Then a player with the Brazilian basketball team Club Athletico Paulistano of the Novo Basquete Brasil, Melo died in his home in Juiz de Greg Zuerlein Jersey Fora. He went to sleep and was discovered dead the next morning Darrell Henderson Jersey by his mother. His autopsy report indicated he died of a heart attack.

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It wasan unfortunate, awkward moment on what was a mostly forgettable Manningcast, one that clearly originated from Eli Manning not knowing Melo had died. Perhaps that's why Peyton Manning was so quick Derek Carrier Jersey to interject and move the discu sion back to the play at hand.