2017-2018 NFL Season Thread

[MacNut]

So Simms out Romo in as lead analyst for CBS?

 

[pachyderm]

http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cow...ny-romo-gave-all-he-could-give-to-the-cowboys

Looks like this is what is happening.

Hopefully in retirement he won't be as bitter as Don Meredith was...
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So Simms out Romo in as lead analyst for CBS?

YES! YES! YES!

Sims is an idiot.

 

[rhett7660]

Hopefully in retirement he won't be as bitter as Don Meredith was...
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YES! YES! YES!

Sims is an idiot.

I can't stand the way Sims talks or play calls. His tone and voice drive me nuts! Between him and Joe Buck, I sometimes have to turn the channel or mute the sound. They both drive me nuts!

 

[pachyderm]

I can't stand the way Sims talks or play calls. His tone and voice drive me nuts! Between him and Joe Buck, I sometimes have to turn the channel or mute the sound. They both drive me nuts!

yup

for baseball it was tim mccarver and joe buck...

 

[maflynn]

I can't stand the way Sims talks or play calls.

I didn't mind him, but I think its curious that they'd make Romo the #1 broadcaster without any experience. I think they could be setting him up to fail. Why not start him up slowly.

I wonder how Sims is taking this news, will he leave and go to Fox?

 

[rhett7660]

I didn't mind him, but I think its curious that they'd make Romo the #1 broadcaster without any experience. I think they could be setting him up to fail. Why not start him up slowly.

I wonder how Sims is taking this news, will he leave and go to Fox?

Yeah that is strange, I would think they would ease him into the spot. They have no idea how he is going to perform.

 

[bigjnyc]

Yeah that is strange, I would think they would ease him into the spot. They have no idea how he is going to perform.

I'm sure there have been countless run-throughs, auditions and rehearsals... I don't think they would put someone on the air to millions of viewers just willy-nilly.

 

[rhett7660]

I'm sure there have been countless run-throughs, auditions and rehearsals... I don't think they would put someone on the air to millions of viewers just willy-nilly.

Oh I agree........

 

[maflynn]

I'm sure there have been countless run-throughs, auditions and rehearsals... I don't think they would put someone on the air to millions of viewers just willy-nilly.

Oh no question. I'm sure CBS is going to give him a crash course, but again to move him to the #1 spot without prior experience is curious. I hope the best for him, and it works out.

 

[TheDoubler55]

Oh I agree........

willy-nilly I like that lol

 

[pachyderm]

Oh no question. I'm sure CBS is going to give him a crash course, but again to move him to the #1 spot without prior experience is curious. I hope the best for him, and it works out.

Crash course... that is if he doesn't get a good playing offer... I'll believe he is in the booth when I see him in the booth. Plus a Romo is a recently retired, relatively popular player vs an older one that is, from what we've seen online here, a not too popular one... it's an easy choice IMHO.

 

[AustinIllini]

I'm sure there have been countless run-throughs, auditions and rehearsals... I don't think they would put someone on the air to millions of viewers just willy-nilly.

No way did Romo audition. CBS came to him. He didn't have to audition for anything

 

[Babu Life]

I feel like Romo learned a lot from sitting on the side lines for the last two seasons, and he would give the "behind the scenes" look that many viewers want

 

[ucfgrad93]

I feel like Romo learned a lot from sitting on the side lines for the last two seasons, and he would give the "behind the scenes" look that many viewers want

I think he will be an excellent addition to CBS.

 

[pachyderm]

He's gonna be the starter in DEN ...

 

[ucfgrad93]

He's gonna be the starter in DEN ...

There is no way that is gonna happen.

 

[Babu Life]

He's gonna be the starter in DEN ...

John Elway to stubborn to get Romo. I thought Houston was the best spot for him

 

[pachyderm]

John Elway to stubborn to get Romo. I thought Houston was the best spot for him

Romo to stubborn to accept that from Elway.
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[maflynn]

Romo to stubborn to accept that from Elway.
[doublepost=1491736467][/doublepost]He will be the starter in CLE...

Romo in Cleveland, never.

 

[pachyderm]

Romo in Cleveland, never.

Romo just sighted at NY Jets facility...

 

[maflynn]

Romo just sighted at NY Jets facility...

I don't think he'd leave CBS right after committing to them.

 

[pachyderm]

I don't think he'd leave CBS right after committing to them.

Just seen getting off a plane at O'Hare Int'l in Chicago...

 

[bigjnyc]

Just seen getting off a plane at O'Hare Int'l in Chicago...

wow this guy is moving fast, because a friend of my neighbors third cousin's father in law works at the 49ers practice facility and spotted him there.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I heard he was in Vegas, using the Pro Football Arm Wrestling Championship as a cover for his meeting with the Raiders.

 

[mscriv]

I don't think he'd leave CBS right after committing to them.

Do we have an "official" statement or credible source that he has committed to CBS. At this point I thought everything was just speculation.