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Well, here we are six weeks into the season. Your thoughts on Mr. Romo in the booth? I think he is ok, a little chatty but enthusiastic.

He's an improvement over Phil Simms.

I think he's terrific. Was wrong about this from the start. He's a natural

I still think he's kicking around the idea of playing next year, one final run at it before going back in the booth. But who knows he may settle in and never leave. Lots of coaches we expected to be out in 3-4 years and back on the field just end up staying.

He talks a little too much and a little too fast, but I think he offers a lot of insight into what's going on--unlike Aikman, who at best basically does a verbal replay and at worst makes very little sense.

and at worst makes very little sense.

...like at the end of the first half of Packers/Vikings this past Sunday. Vikings had 4th down and 20+ with less than 10 seconds left in the half, slightly behind midfield. Aikman then starts droning on about how all they need is whatever amount of yards (15?) to get into FG range.

sheajets wrote:I think he's terrific. Was wrong about this from the start. He's a natural

I still think he's kicking around the idea of playing next year, one final run at it before going back in the booth. But who knows he may settle in and never leave. Lots of coaches we expected to be out in 3-4 years and back on the field just end up staying.

I was watching Colin Cowherd's show on FS1 yesterday (which is a rarity for me). They were talking about Romo leaving CBS and replacing A-Rod. Colin thinks that Romo would be afraid to leave because he knows that Peyton Manning would fill his shoes immediately and never look back (he also mentioned something about how A-Rod may become Romo 2.0: Another talented, undersized QB [Rodgers is 6'2', so he isn't really undersized] that had to carry a team and had to retire before they were ready because of multiple injuries).

A mix of a middle school boy nervously excited to be watching and talking about football, mixed with a professional QB with a high football IQ that likes to talk about what's really happening on the field (x's and o's, schemes, situations, etc.)

Not a polished broadcaster, at all. Might be part of what is making him pretty good at it, though?

7DnBrnc53 wrote:

sheajets wrote:I think he's terrific. Was wrong about this from the start. He's a natural

I still think he's kicking around the idea of playing next year, one final run at it before going back in the booth. But who knows he may settle in and never leave. Lots of coaches we expected to be out in 3-4 years and back on the field just end up staying.

I was watching Colin Cowherd's show on FS1 yesterday (which is a rarity for me). They were talking about Romo leaving CBS and replacing A-Rod. Colin thinks that Romo would be afraid to leave because he knows that Peyton Manning would fill his shoes immediately and never look back (he also mentioned something about how A-Rod may become Romo 2.0: Another talented, undersized QB [Rodgers is 6'2', so he isn't really undersized] that had to carry a team and had to retire before they were ready because of multiple injuries).

One can definitely understand Romo being tempted to make a comeback, he has major unfinished business in terms of his career. I really don't know about Peyton Manning as a broadcaster, it's difficult to project right now. Also don't understand the Rodgers-Romo analogy, too early to tell if Rodgers will have a shortened career.

L.C. Greenwood wrote: One can definitely understand Romo being tempted to make a comeback, he has major unfinished business in terms of his career. I really don't know about Peyton Manning as a broadcaster, it's difficult to project right now. Also don't understand the Rodgers-Romo analogy, too early to tell if Rodgers will have a shortened career.

Romo was in the league for thirteen seasons, although he spent his first 2-1/2 riding the pine (and he lost 2-1/2 due to injury).

Rodgers has also been in the league for thirteen seasons, the first three as a backup, and he also lost about a season due to injury. If Rodgers has a shortened career, then so did Romo. But I don't see 13 years (nine as a starter) a short career.

Of course with Tom Brady playing for 18 seasons (one as a backup, one lost to injury) and Peyton Manning playing for 18 seasons (one lost to injury), not to mention Brett Favre's twenty seasons (one as a backup), what counts as a long or short career is being redefined.

Reaser wrote:A mix of a middle school boy nervously excited to be watching and talking about football, mixed with a professional QB with a high football IQ that likes to talk about what's really happening on the field (x's and o's, schemes, situations, etc.)

Not a polished broadcaster, at all. Might be part of what is making him pretty good at it, though?

Dropped some nice knowledge broadcasting today’s Bengals/Steelers game! Knowledge that I even forgot if however momentarily. Talking about Steelers’ defense tradition, he said that in their eight SB-appearances that the only year their O ranked higher than their D was in ‘79 when the O was #1 and the D was at #2. I was impressed! Let him talk like a kid who just got into football but with the high football IQ just the same. It’s well needed!