CBS lead in-game NFL analyst Tony Romo spoke brazenly in September concerning the criticisms routinely directed his approach relating to his recreation calls.
In the course of the newest version of the “Sports activities Illustrated Media Podcast,” host Jimmy Traina requested Romo how the retired quarterback has improved within the sales space working alongside residing legend Jim Nantz.
“Simply making it cleaner,” Romo responded. “I feel we’re simply clicking on all cylinders proper now. This yr has been actual tight and I feel that it has been very enjoyable to go on the market. We have now such time doing it. I really feel like I am going right into a recreation with the ability to present the followers better element than they’ve heard and supply that perception about their group. Simply a number of the nuance.”
Romo was extensively considered because the NFL’s prime in-game analyst when he signed a 10-year contract with CBS in 2020 that reportedly was price as much as $180M. Quite a few media members and followers felt Romo regressed after he put pen to paper on that deal, and it was reported in February 2023 that CBS administration “tried an intervention” the earlier offseason so Romo would “be higher ready” on gamedays.
Extra just lately, Romo went viral and generated unfavourable headlines when he excitedly described the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Tremendous-Bowl-winning landing as a substitute of letting the second breathe this previous February.
“You’re all the time making an attempt to be the most effective model of your self, and us being the most effective group ever,” Romo stated relating to any modifications he is made as an announcer coming off Tremendous Bowl LVIII. “I feel we work actually effectively collectively, and our brains are so quick. And for me, you need what’s greatest for the followers. You need what’s greatest for everybody, and it’s nearly making it an fulfilling expertise. So if the followers say they need this, I need to give it to them. So actually, that’s all we’re making an attempt to do, and I feel that’s displaying.”
Whether or not Romo has been higher within the sales space this season in comparison with final yr could not matter a lot. Tom Brady spent a lot of the previous two months underneath the microscope throughout his first marketing campaign working as Fox’s lead in-game analyst by way of a 10-year contract reportedly price $375M. Brady has understandably seemed like a piece in progress all through the season, and a few insist he will not function each an announcer and a minority proprietor of the Las Vegas Raiders for 9 extra years.
Maybe Romo will attempt to persuade Brady to stay with Fox for at the very least a number of extra seasons to draw the kind of weekly post-Sunday breakdowns as soon as saved for the previous Dallas signal-caller.
