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Tony Romo’s broadcasting career has been a roller coaster.
At the start, Romo seemed to have a crystal ball in the booth with Jim Nantz, calling plays before the crowd saw them.
But things seemed to hit a wall, and it was reported that CBS was concerned that Romo had lost his flair and that his relationship with Nantz had suffered.
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Tony Romo at the Super Bowl on February 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images)
Romo has called three full seasons of football since then, and his current deal expires after the 2030 season.
Depending on who you ask, Romo is as polarizing now as he was when he was the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, and in an appearance on Pat McAfee’s show, he responded to the criticism.
“You do you and you have to be yourself and everything. You do your best and it’s not like you never don’t try your best to be good at something. But then you look at it and it’s like, the noise is the noise. That’s part of being in this job,” he said. “For me, it’s up, it’s down. But at the end of the day, you don’t really listen to things.”
Instead, Romo likes to listen to the positive feedback.
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“All the fans come up to me and say they love us and everything, that’s what I feel. As far as looking at things online, it’s just part of the process. But I don’t think it really changes things,” he continued.
Tony Romo at the Super Bowl on February 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images)
“If everybody likes me, they’re watching, so there’s got to be something there. But we also comment on their team winning and losing. ‘I don’t like anybody when he’s not fully rooting for my team.’ So there’s a balance you try. I root for both teams. I go for guys who love the sport, care so deeply and want to win. I want them to care as much as I did. And those are the guys you kind of root for, and sometimes it comes off a certain way, but I love it. It’s a fantastic job.”
Romo received criticism for his color commentary during the Jacksonville Jaguars-Buffalo Bills playoff game earlier this month.
Romo’s bizarre rant and analysis of the playoffs sparked criticism from NFL fans on social media. Terrible advertising noted a few times Romo may have fallen short, including a scene-setter where he suggested the Jaguars were underdogs in their home playoff game against the Bills.
Romo’s strange noises and a “DTF” remark sparked complaints from fans earlier in the 2025 NFL season.
Tony Romo on “The Drew Barrymore Show” ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl. (Gail Schulman/CBS via Getty Images)
Romo and Nantz are expected to be on call for Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta in two years, CBS’ first Super Bowl since the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime in the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
