Could J.J. Watt’s CBS run change Tony Romo’s future? His strong start gives the network a new option in the top booth(Getty)
CBS announced its Week 2 and Week 3 broadcast teams on September 14. Watt will work with Nantz for the Steelers-Patriots game on September 21 and the Cowboys-Ravens matchup in Brazil on September 27. Tony Romo’s CBS future has taken another turn. J.J While Romo remains on indefinite leave. Watt has moved into the network’s top NFL booth with Jim Nantz. Now, Watt has more games ahead of him and a chance to show CBS what he can bring to its biggest broadcasts.
The move follows Watt’s Week 1 assignment with Nantz, when the pair called the Vikings-Packers game on September 13. 2 team, so the promotion did not come out of nowhere. CBS placed the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on indefinite leave on July 31, after his July 23 OWI arrest in Wisconsin. On September 1, Romo accepted responsibility for the incident and said he was working with a team of doctors.
CBS has not announced a return date.
“He understands the medium of television,” Berson said. Romo later said he would plead no contest to the OWI charge and spoke publicly about his struggles with alcohol and painkillers. “These are my failures, and I take that responsibility for them,” Romo said in his statement about the case. Berson said in August that the network was still assessing the situation.
Watt had already spent the previous two seasons working with Ian Eagle on CBS’ No. “He’s very quick, very clever, very smart, very hard-working. The bigger question sits with Romo.