Overview
- Jim Nantz and Tony Romo called the Broncos–Patriots AFC Championship Game, their last CBS broadcast of the season because NBC holds this year’s Super Bowl rights.
- Fans hammered Romo’s commentary, highlighting an early read that Jarrett Stidham would have time to throw just before a rapid sack, with a later turnover sequence also drawing scrutiny.
- Snowy conditions shaped a defense-heavy game, and viewers complained about repeated weather talk plus local affiliate crawls and on-screen graphics cluttering the telecast.
- Postgame media analysis again rated CBS’s No. 2 team of Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt more favorably, intensifying discussion about a potential future promotion for that pairing.
- Despite calls for change, reporting points to Romo’s multi-year, high-value contract and the Super Bowl rights calendar as reasons CBS is expected to evaluate reactions over the offseason rather than act immediately.