Odds Heavily Favor Tony Romo Continuing as TV Analyst in 2019 NFL Season

• Former Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo has turned heads with his analysis work on NFL broadcasts
• Romo and Jim Nantz will call Super Bowl 53 for CBS
• There have been suggestions that Romo’s intuitive football mind would make him a great NFL coach

There are two types of talking heads calling TV sports and the question today is which kind is Tony Romo? Is the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback looking to make a career in the booth, or use it as a stepping stone to a coaching position with an NFL team?

5️⃣ thoughts from @tonyromo –
including his chances of returning to the #DallasCowboys as a play-caller.

📝 https://t.co/imbFUbPyuX pic.twitter.com/tFbO95FcvV

— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) January 30, 2019

Oddsmakers are asking the same question in a prop bet on what the future holds for Romo in terms of his professional choices.

What Will Tony Romo Be Doing at the Start of the 2019 NFL Season?

Romo quarterbacked the Cowboys for 13 NFL seasons from 2004-16. He’ll be in the booth with Jim Nantz for Super Bowl 53 where, they may or may not mention betting.

Romo Wasn’t Built In A Day

It’s easy to be in awe of Romo’s astonishing ability to predict plays before they happen, as he did so frequently during New England’s AFC Championship Game win over Kansas City. But breaking down film and noticing tendencies is just one part of a coach’s job. There’s that whole handling of 53 personalities in a locker room. Telling players they’ve been cut. Hiring and firing staff. Dealing with the media on a daily basis.

Tony Romo, a former quarterback turned sports broadcaster, has been dubbed Romostradamus for his ability to predict football plays before they happen: https://t.co/a3ggCaao3V pic.twitter.com/t0s6XoVEOo

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 31, 2019

Coaching in the NFL is an all-encompassing task. Joe Gibbs used to sleep on a cot in his office when he was coaching the Washington Redskins. On-air talent sleep in five-star hotels, work a couple days a week and make huge bank. Why give all that up for the high-risk job that is coaching in the NFL?

Ask Chucky if He’d Like a Do Over

As a coach, the moment the game is done, you hit the film room to begin breaking down next week’s opponent. The best part about being in a broadcast booth is that when the game is done, you are done.

Ad Meter 2019: Tony Romo shows us how to take it easy in Sketchers' new Super Bowl ad. https://t.co/CpLbDOCS2k pic.twitter.com/avFVcNFELN

— USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) January 30, 2019

As former Cowboys receiver-turned-broadcaster Michael Irvin suggested, Romo would be out of his mind to give up his comfort zone to go into coaching.

Ask John Gruden whether given his druthers, he’d have stayed in the Monday Night Football booth and not jumped at the shekels of gold offered him to return as coach of the Oakland Raiders.

"Tony Romo made a total of 72 predictions on air this season…His actual hit rate was 68%, according to the Journal’s calculations." Cool story by @bzcohen and @andrewlbeaton. https://t.co/0SXaquhaIz

— John Ourand (@Ourand_Puck) January 30, 2019

John Madden is remembered more for his broadcasting days than his NFL coaching career, and he won a Super Bowl. You think he gets his own video game if he stayed on the sideline?

Romo Doesn’t Want It

Asked about the chance to coach, Romo said he’d like to do it… in the future. For now, he’s happy where he is at CBS.

Tony Romo is statistically better at predicting NFL plays than completing NFL passes pic.twitter.com/4eCTp1y4JE

— For The Win (@ForTheWin) January 31, 2019

Among his predictions for the future, this is Romo’s best. Bet on him staying put.