Romo Pick Play Commentary?

@Runwildboys See up above^^^. One of many examples of Romo's "unbiased" takes throughout the game, yesterday, where he was obviously pro-Chiefs and dead wrong on his play assessment(s), even when told he was wrong by retired ref Tessatore.

Not the first time Romo has done this when commentating a Cowboys game either.
Never mind, I just went back and looked. I assumed it was a pick play when it happened, but I was with my family and couldn't hear the TV. I'd have to watch a replay to see why he said that.
 
Romo said it wasn't a penalty, Steratore disagreed. So, what's the rule there? It looked like a pick to me in real-time, but Romo said the Chiefs player didn't make contact with the defender gaurding the receiver, but his own defender, so it shouldn't have been called.
Defenders can switch players, however I did not see that effort to switch. So I think Tony was correct.
 
Did anything notice Romo looked weird yesterday? Not that they show commentators that often, but even my family randomly walking in the room stopped and said what’s up with Romo’s face?

Looks like he got Botox or something.
 
Did anything notice Romo looked weird yesterday? Not that they show commentators that often, but even my family randomly walking in the room stopped and said what’s up with Romo’s face?

Looks like he got Botox or something.
Not so much botox as almost like he had been out drinking.
 
Romo said it wasn't a penalty, Steratore disagreed. So, what's the rule there? It looked like a pick to me in real-time, but Romo said the Chiefs player didn't make contact with the defender gaurding the receiver, but his own defender, so it shouldn't have been called.
The WR was basically blocking the DB before the pass was caught.
- WRs can't do that even if there is no other WR in the area.
 
It was annoying. Looked to me like Bland was driving towards the receiver with the ball in the air. Could've gone either way. Loved Tony as a player. Still like him as a commentator, but he was wrong to stand on this soapbox.
 
It wasn't a pick play because he didn't drive to the defender on the other receiver. He just ran into the DB that was already on him. Bad call.

Gene Steratore once pulled out an index card to measure a first down, and he said Dez didn't catch it. He's not to be trusted.
I wondered yesterday at Romo’s cordiality with boothmate Steratore. I wondered if the two had an earlier air-clearing conversation where Romo proposed that Steratore had ‘screwed my career on the worst booth call in NFL history! I hope Tony added “and tell your buddy Dean Blandinob that I said ‘Screw you, too!’“ Now back to Romo’s regularly scheduled booth professionalism.

I STILL resent Steratore and Blandino.
 
Romo said it wasn't a penalty, Steratore disagreed. So, what's the rule there? It looked like a pick to me in real-time, but Romo said the Chiefs player didn't make contact with the defender gaurding the receiver, but his own defender, so it shouldn't have been called.
First, the rules guy was pretty definitive that the call was correct so no need to overthink that part.

As far as whether the guy picked was guarding someone else, rubbish. How do we know he wasn’t going to switch off to the other guy since he was closer to him?
 
Romo can be frustrating. I was particularly irritated when he said he shouldn't have run the ball before halftime. I clearly remember him throwing that pick-six just before the break against Buffalo. Seriously, Romo, don't you recall doing that?
I recall Romo saying the Cowboys should run the ball. In fact he brought up his pre-half pick six as a reference point.
 
Agreed. If any ex cowboy goes out of his way to avoid praising us, it is Troy.

I don't get the recent anti Romo crowd.
I think it stems from that click bait "report" a year or so ago about CBS telling Romo to prepare more to call games and threatening to have him demoted.

Both the network and I believe Romo himself said no such talks occurred.

It's funny, people complained about Romo "ruining" plays by calling them before they happened when he first got the job. The moment he scales it back a bit, people complain he is calling games with no insight. Fans need to make up their minds.
 
Romo can be frustrating. I was particularly irritated when he said he shouldn't have run the ball before halftime. I clearly remember him throwing that pick-six just before the break against Buffalo. Seriously, Romo, don't you recall doing that?
He literally finished the story by saying they had a fumble that gave the opponent a score. That was why he thought it should have just been a kneel down to avoid any risk.
 
pretty much every team uses plays that could be called pick plays

it all comes down to how well you disguise it
 

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