Take a bow, Tony Romo. The AFC championship game belonged to you.
It was as if, as the Eagles' Chris Long put it, he had “Miss Cleo in his earpiece.”
Romo has miss Cleo in his earpiece
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) January 21, 2019
He was the first to use the line “ball don’t lie” on a replay of a Julian Edelman touch. During overtime, he pointed out that Rob Gronkowski going out wide meant he was going to be Tom Brady’s target, his timing impeccable. And when the Patriots won the overtime coin toss, he noted, “I’d come out in play action and take a shot down the field, try to end this now.” He wasn’t far off there.
Tony Romo flinching and going "oooooh" before the surgeon even shows me the x-rays
— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) January 21, 2019
He can be a little too excited, a tad overcaffeinated at times, but he’s become the best thing about color commentators: You know it’s a big game when he’s calling it and, in two years, he hasn’t disappointed.
Confirmed: Just called Tony Romo to see where I’m going to play next year. #YoureAWizardTony
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) January 21, 2019
If @tonyromo ever tells you tomorrow is your last day on Earth, you best get your affairs in order.
— Ryan Brown (@RyanBrownWJOX) January 21, 2019
it really does help the broadcast hearing how much genuine fun tony romo is having. it's a plus.
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) January 21, 2019
If anyone can get viewers excited about the prospect of another Super Bowl appearance by the Patriots, it just might be Romo. CBS will broadcast the game between the Rams and Patriots on Feb. 3, and the plan is to let Romo be Romo. Think he’ll be stoked?
“You’ll see stuff on social media like, ‘Tony is not as excited as he used to be,’ or ‘CBS has pulled him back,’ ” lead producer Jim Rikhoff said (via SI.com) recently. “It’s never that. We never do that. It’s basically, we let him go.”
“Oh, they’re killing it. Usually means a motion and a run out wide to the right.” - Tony Romo before Patriots' play
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) January 21, 2019
Brady motions; Sony Michel runs ball to right, scores touchdown. pic.twitter.com/PzxyrV2JoO
Romo’s best moment Sunday may have been just before a touchdown run by Sony Michel of the Patriots. Going for it on fourth and one, Brady handed off to Michel for a run to the right side rather than calling for a quarterback sneak. Before the snap, he predicted that Brady was calling an audible. “Oh, they’re killing it,” he said of the play call in the huddle. “Usually means a motion and a run out wide to the right.” No wonder someone called him Romostradamus.
His prediction and explanation on the the Brady-to-Gronkowski play as the tension grew was even better. “He saw what you saw,” Nantz told Romo.
Tony Romo received an elite grade for his prediction on this call of the Brady-to-Gronk catch late in the AFC Championship Game.pic.twitter.com/58E1MsqmCR
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) January 21, 2019
His next stop is Super Bowl LIII.
“I don’t know really know how I’m going to feel until that day, but I think there’s always a little bit of nervousness before every game, whether you’re a player or an announcer,” he said recently (via Newsday). “I think that’s good. I think that’s healthy. In some ways it makes you feel the importance. But I don’t know. I’d be guessing if I told you exactly what I’m going to feel beforehand. But I’m excited.”
RT if you can't wait to listen to Tony Romo call the #SuperBowl in two weeks (via @thecheckdown) pic.twitter.com/7m8RbyKRhS
— SportsDay Cowboys (@dmn_cowboys) January 21, 2019
His enthusiasm shows and he says that now he’s “more fulfilled than ever. As time goes on I think you appreciate what you did in life, but you also appreciate that you kind of move on. At the time when it’s over, it’s like, ‘This is a big decision,’ and, ‘It’s a big thing,’ and then all of a sudden you move on and say, ‘It’s great.’
“I feel very fortunate, let’s say that, with where I’m at in life and I don’t really look back. I feel this is exactly where I should be, and I feel like I’m happy.”
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