Since swapping out his Cowboys jersey for a CBS blazer back in 2017, Tony Romo has absolutely killed it in the booth and became a fan-favorite for his analysis and being able to call a play before it happens.
His genius was on display Sunday during the Chiefs 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC championship game, which Romo called alongside play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz.
The NFL doesn’t officially have a so-called ‘sky judge’ during games, but Tony Romo might have unintentionally became one during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.
Romo mentioned on the CBS broadcast that Tennessee had 12 players on the field during the 4th quarter and Romo mentioned that a flag was not thrown.
After a delay in the game, the officials came back and did access a penalty.
“There’s a flag which they should have called 10 minutes ago when I said there were 12 people on the field. I think they just decided to start talking about it now: ‘Can they play with 12?’ ‘Nope, it’s 11.’ ‘You’re sure?’ ‘Yes. Can’t play with 12. We’ve still got that rule,’” Romo jokingly narrated as the officials discussed the play.
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Former NFL referee Terry McAulay took to Twitter and wrote that it seemed like the New York officiating office got in touch with the referee on the field after Romo pointed out the missed call.
“If they want to officiate from ‘above’ then change the rule and do it,” McAulay wrote.
PFT later stated that if that did indeed happened, it would be a “violation of the league’s policies, but it’s an open secret that it sometimes happens.”
