"If I had to guess, purely speculation given what’s going on right now, I would think it’s over," Esiason said on WFAN."He may end up going somewhere else and getting things straightened out."NFL ANALYST TONY ROMO PLACED ON LEAVE BY CBS SPORTS FOLLOWING DRUNK DRIVING ARREST IN WISCONSINBoomer Esiason at The Paley Center for Media - Kicking Off Super Bowl LVIII on CBS with "THE NFL TODAY" Red Carpet held at The Paley Museum on January 17, 2024 in New York City, New York.(Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images) (John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)Esiason's warning comes after Romo was arrested in Milwaukee in late July on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.Police booked the former Dallas Cowboys star after he failed field sobriety tests and refused a chemical test.
And CBS reacted fast.The network placed Romo on indefinite leave and promoted J.J.
Watt to replace him alongside Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson in the lead broadcast booth.CBS Sports play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz (left), analyst Tony Romo (center) and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson at press conference at the Super Bowl LVIII Media Center at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Feb.6, 2024.
(Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)Esiason explained that moving Romo to another role at CBS isn't realistic.When Romo took over the top spot in 2017, CBS shipped veteran quarterback Phil Simms to The NFL Today.
That escape hatch is gone.The studio desk is already packed, especially after adding Russell Wilson.
And moving a $17 million broadcaster down the pecking order to call lower-profile games hardly makes sense.That leaves CBS with one logical move: cut ties altogether.ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.DOWNLOAD NOW!For CBS, the arrest could provide an easy exit from a partnership that had already lost its shine.
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