Tony Romo

Countless NFL fans let Tony Romo have it as he stumbled through his call of the Cincinnati Bengals-Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship Game.

[in Super Bowl LVII](https://nesn.com/bets/2023/01/super-bowl-odds-point-spread-total-for-chiefs-eagles-championship/) on Feb. [did battle](https://nesn.com/2023/01/boneheaded-bengals-penalty-helps-send-chiefs-to-super-bowl-lvii/) at Arrowhead Stadium. Tony Romo didn’t exactly put on a masterclass of announcing as the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals

'It's [TV]. You get hyped and forget sometimes where you are,' three-time Super Bowl champ Shannon Sharpe tweeted.

[Google News](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWE5oWTNWeWNtVnVkQzVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Subscribe now to not miss a thing.](https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/NewsletterSignup/Page) The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-23 in the tightly contested game. Elite at it," Boston sports journalist George Balekji fired off. "Tony Romo is so good at ruining moments in game. The tough yards.

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Earlier this NFL season, Dick Ebersol trashed Tony Romo during an interview with Chris Wallace, but in retrospect, maybe he was right.

But as he completes his sixth season as the lead NFL analyst for CBS, it’s fair to question if he still has a passion for broadcasting. Maybe Ebersol is right, Romo has lost some of his passion to be a great broadcaster. But this season especially, Romo has faced [mounting criticism](https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/tony-romo-what-happened-cbs-bills-bengals.html) each week, as the lead NFL analyst for CBS appears to have lost his luster. The thing that makes [[Al] Michaels](https://awfulannouncing.com/tag/al-michaels) great and [[Joe] Buck](https://awfulannouncing.com/tag/joe-buck) great, and all these guys are they’re really, they’re really storytellers. “This is somebody who should be an announcer for the ages, but clearly has lost his passion for it,” Ebersol continued. He’s no longer watching the same coaches, players and defenses that he prepared to play against every week.

The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned CBS broadcaster is trending on social media for something he appeared to be on the verge of saying.

(0:00) Zolak & Hardy start the third hour by discussing Tony Romo's abysmal call of yesterday's AFC Championship game and just how bad he was.

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Tony Romo was razzed by critics for his call of AFC Championship Game. Here's seven reasons why CBS star may be regressing as an analyst.

“And I would have him in my office often not to kick his ass, but just to keep reminding him of what put him there in the first place.” (Ebersol later clarified his comments, saying Romo is “as good as it gets.”) For five years, Romo was the coolest kid on the block. In the end, only one critic counts, and that’s CBS Sports boss Sean McManus. “This is somebody who should be an announcer for the ages, but clearly has lost his passion for it,” But competitors like Olsen, Aikman, Buck, Kevin Burkhardt, Kirk Herbstreit, and Al Michaels are out in the market, giving interviews, participating in podcasts, and chatting up sports media critics on a first-name basis. [Awful Announcing](https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/tony-romo-wizard-still-wizardry-patrick-mahomes.html): “Two years ago, Tony Romo was hailed as the next great color commentator, seemingly able to predict plays in real-time and provide interesting game analysis. The former quarterback’s superpower was his ability to predict plays before they happened. But maybe Romo without “Romostradamus” is just average. The game was “outstanding,” according to Romo. So has Romo regressed in his six seasons on the air? Romo’s 10-year, $180 million contract with CBS is the biggest in sports broadcasting. The reviews for the former TV golden boy were withering this weekend.

On Sunday, during the live broadcast of the AFC Championship game between Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, CBS commentator Tony Romo was seemingly ...

"It's television," Sharpe tweeted. The finish on the play," Romo said. What's my role," Sharpe responded. "The extra yards. And that could be the difference." The tough yards.