News: FoxSports: Tony Romo widely praised for commentary during AFC title game

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Romo doesn't just make predictions. When he has time he explains WHY what he sees on the field leads to the prediction. He did this repeatedly on the Patriots final drive. THAT's what sets him apart from all the "Heckuva play there!" guys.
Bingo!
My son (a cornerback in college) was yelling at the television that the Chiefs should get out of Cover 2 and go to Cover Zero because they're conceding the middle of the field. He was analyzing the game. Football fans love when commentators can tell you WHY a team should run a certain play.
 

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he gets a bit excitable and hard to understand sometimes.
 

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I never liked nor hated a commentator. They usually range from mildly annoying to shut the hell up already. But Romo is actually entertaining. And a lot of the stuff he says is actually play call related. Then you see it play out on the field. Even defensive calls.
 

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amazing call by Romo yesterday, and he's been doing alot of that all year, he's become the best analyst in the business followed closely by Collinsworth...the rest are junk with Aikman as the worst.
 

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Tony Romo widely praised for commentary during AFC title game

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By the time Sunday's AFC title game ended, retired quarterback Tony Romo, formerly of the Dallas Cowboys, was drawing high praise for his game commentary.

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he was awesome. not over analyze. simplified and called plays to come before they happened. he already has surpassed Aikman as the best analyst...
 

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Romo brings a style of color commentator or analysis we haven’t seen before to the extent he takes with his insistence on predicting the calls on basically every play.

I suppose his giddiness enthusiast crackling voice style is attractive to a broad scope of fans who are more interested in how a QB sees the field and audibles the call right before the ball is snapped.

It’s certainly an approach and insight not many I can think of have taken before. And then they discuss how good his insight and instincts are while preparing to make next call while not always discussing or analyzing what actually took place , the effects and all of analytics and critiques we normally see.

Personally , while there is some entertainment value it’s not a style I want to hear every game I watch. Fortunately I don’t watch a lot of CBS games so I’m not exposed on a regular basis. I’d much rather hear the more traditional format Troy or Moose presents.

I’m sure this opportunity has bridged the transition for Romo after being forced to basically walk away from his beloved position but I suspect this is a temporary move and his greater calling is on the sidelines or at least the booth calling plays for a team.
 

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They say he predicted every single play on the pats final drive and OT as well, he’s an oracle
 

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I like Romo. I think he's a good talker. But are you really a good analyst because you can predict plays before they happen? Doesn't that kinda spoil the surprise? He might be better suited for a coaching gig.

It's an impressive display of knowledge that no other announcer gives you. Not even the greats like Troy.
 

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Nice that Nantz doesn't introduce him as HOFer Tony Romo every time he shows up on the screen. Damn Buck, give it a rest.

Romo was charged up to have that game yesterday and that was refreshing to see some real excitement but I can see where this predicting could backfire with some of the coaches and his access to them and the teams prior to games. Think McVay might look at a replay of that game and pay particular attention to what Romo is pointing out prior to the play? I do think it's a unique twist of his doing that but I also think others could do that as well but are sensitive to how the coaches might see that. These analysts are privy to information others do not have and see things in practices but it is understood they will talk about that only after it happens. And coaches can get very weird and downright paranoid.

Many times, you will hear Collinsworth talk about something they saw that week but only after it has happened. I think Romo does a fine job, an excellent one yesterday, but I would prefer to guess myself what they're going to do and watch it unfold rather than follow someone else's prediction. I like surprises.

So, with all of this praise, is he going to go more all out in two weeks? Will there be a Romo Pool at parties on how many times he's right? The Romo Drinking Game, every time he's right, chug-a-lug! Think Vegas might establish the over/under on correct predictions?
 

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The Aikman hate is ridiculous.
I don't hate Aikman, but he announces like we are all 5 years olds and know nothing about football....always stating the obvious....while analysts like Romo, Collinsworth and even Witten tell us what schemes the offenses and defenses were or are in and what makes certain plays successful or not....we can only see whats on camera they have the ability to see the whole field.
 
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