For the last six years, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo have been the lead team for NFL coverage on CBS. Even when Romo was the Dallas Cowboy starting quarterback, Nantz knew that Romo was going to do big things based off of the production meetings.
On the latest episode of The Ryen Russillo Podcast, Nantz was a guest and told Russillo about how the production meetings with Romo were always filled with entertainment.
“Tony was the biggest show. That’s what first kind of tipped me off that this was something that was going to be his calling. It was a show. He would get up out of his seat, he would talk about his throwing motion, running plays with imaginary receivers. He walked through everything and you couldn’t help but think man if that guy could bring that to television, he would be extraordinary and he is.”
Over the years, Romo has received criticism for his broadcasting style and while Romo doesn’t predict as many plays as he did when he started, Nantz said that his partner wants to show he can do more in the booth and getting nitpicked by people comes with the exposure they get.
“It’s year 6 for the two of us. It’s now well over 100 games and it’s a high exposure. We had 30 some odd million people watching our game last week. When you are in someone’s living room that often, people can start to nitpick a little bit. I think the guy’s a genius. He’s one of my best friends and I love hanging out with him.”
