Tony Romo Annoyed Everyone During Bills-Jaguars Wild-Card Game

Andy Nesbitt | 2 Hours Ago

Tony Romo has been a tough listen during Sunday's Bills-Jaguars playoff game. / @NFLonCBS

Tony Romo became an instant hit when first joined Jim Nantz in CBS' top NFL booth back in 2017. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback wowed fans by predicting plays before they happened, which gave viewers a whole new experience while watching big NFL games every Sunday.

In recent years, however, Romo's popularity as an announcer has dropped in rapid fashion as he has become more of a caricature of his former self, often relying on clichés or just weird sounds during big moments of games.

That has continued during Sunday's Bills-Jaguars AFC wild-card game in Jacksonville. It didn't take long for Romo to annoy fans as he made a weird noise after the Bills almost blocked a punt in the first quarter.

We have our first weird Tony Romo noise of the afternoon ✅ pic.twitter.com/lsMvj6eVyP

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 11, 2026

That's just not something you want to hear from an announcer at this level. Romo is in CBS' top booth, which means he should be able to give the viewers more of an effort and a better look inside what is happening on the field. Just groaning, or whatever he was doing in that above clip, is simply not it.

Romo later let out a weird laugh after the Jaguars picked up a key first down.

Bro what is this laugh by Tony Romo pic.twitter.com/RO5RTStsOe

— Tedd Buddwell 🏀🏈 (@TedBuddy8) January 11, 2026

Not great.

Then on the biggest play of the game he had jokes, instead of some real analysis:

"You're not touching my baby!" - Tony Romo on the crazy Josh Allen tush push run to the goal line. 🏈🎙️ #NFL #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/3crf0tReOw

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 11, 2026

NFL fans watching Sunday's game lit into Romo on social media.

How much credit does Tony Romo think he deserves for repeatedly declaring "I'm tellin ya, Jim, they're for real!" about the 3-seed Jags who won 13 games?
(Apparently a lot)

— Dave Dameshek (@Dameshek) January 11, 2026

Romo: "whoever wins this game has a real shot to make the Super Bowl, that's how important this game is"

yea, you don't say, welcome to the playoffs

has this guy done any prep for this game? he's just rambling about nonsense half the time

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 11, 2026

CBS really needs to elevate Ian Eagle and JJ Watt over Nantz and Romo. I think Nantz still has the goods, but Romo is distractingly bad

— Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo is so bad now. He just says nonsense like hes making real points. Josh Allen just did the most basic of presnap reads that any QB should be doing and he says that its his playoff experience showing up. Please get that clown out of the booth.

— Josh Hall (@KG_Cocidius) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo is currently on pace for the worst broadcast performance of all time

— NickyBeaster (@NickyBeaster) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo is literally unlistenable

— Nate Geary (@NateGearySports) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo is one of my favorite Cowboys ever. Not a question. And when he began his color commentating career he was so energetic / so into the game / calling the plays ahead of time and it was super entertaining.

I feel like CBS gave him the bag. He uses the bag for Botox and…

— Dave Sturchio (@DaveSturchio) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo’s broadcasting style. pic.twitter.com/kIJU5nkdHB

— Thomas Carrieri (@Thomas_Carrieri) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo had way too many people telling him he was funny growing up.

— Lindsay Patterson (@LndsPatterson) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo seems absolutely lost during the first half of this broadcast. It’s a brutal listen right now.

— Zach Gelb (@ZachGelb) January 11, 2026

Tony Romo saying that wasn’t a touchdown by Allen because the ref is talking really fast might be the worst logic I’ve ever heard from an announcer

— Greg Ehrenberg (@gehrenbergdfs) January 11, 2026

The good news here is that NBC has this year's Super Bowl, so there will be only two more games called by Romo this season.

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