This has left the duo endlessly searching for lifelines. Gene? Tracy? Jay? Anyone?
nypost.com
"Unlike the old-time familiar combo of Buck and Aikman or the new tandem of Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen, Nantz and Romo don’t sound like best friends at a game, no matter how many times they say each other’s names. It feels more like a nephew spitballing jokes and saying whatever comes into his head, while his uncle is confused on how to react."
"Nantz and Romo have trouble meeting the moment together, making the analysis often chaotic. During the divisional round last Sunday in Buffalo, Bills coach Sean McDermott, with a fourth-and-5 from his team’s own 30 and nearly 13 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter,
decided to fake a punt. A gutsy call.
Nantz flatly said: “Fake … [Damar] Hamlin is stopped short.”
Romo then added: “That will be the first turnover. Even though you are not necessarily going to say it. But, to me. that was aggressive.”
Not great, but not terrible.
Nantz quickly threw it to one of their lifelines on the sidelines.
“Jay Feely, did you sense that was coming?” Nantz asked.
With no replay,
Feely said the Chiefs only had 10 men on the field.
This caused Romo to change up and decide: “You are exactly right, Jay. You know 10 guys. [Drue] Tranquill does an unbelievable job of taking on two blockers and turning it back inside. It’s the right call. They only had six guys inside. You have eight blockers technically. Seven easily. Wow.”