Tony Romo Offers Wild Tom Brady Take
January 28th, 2022
“Hey Jameis, you are a free agent, aren’t you? I know of a good team that might be looking for a quarterback.”
After watching a clip of Tony Romo talk about Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, Joe can say now with certainty based on personal evidence and documentation, that the Princeton of the Midwest, Eastern Illinois University, produces fertile minds.
Romo, the former Cowboys quarterback and now a talking head for CBS, appeared on CBS Mornings today and offered a unique and maybe unhinged take on how and when Brady may retire.
First, Romo said Brady would never retire after winning the Super Bowl, but losing the Super Bowl or not winning the Super Bowl opens the door for Brady to hang it up. And while Romo admitted that he has not spoken with Brady about retirement, Romo said “knowing him a little,” this is how Romo thinks it will go down.
“It’s not going to be one of these fairy tales,” Romo said. “It’s not going to be after he wins. I think it is after he loses. It’s like, ‘OK, I would [not retire] to see if I can be the first one to win it three-in-a-row.”
Then Romo came with the wildest take yet.
Brady, Romo believes, will pull a Michael Jordan, step away from the game to take a break and then like Michael Jordan, realize how much he misses the game and make a return — at age 46 or older!
“I think sneakily, there is a chance he retires and — I’m just saying — and could come back,” Romo said. “It’s crazy, but he is like a bionic man.”
Yeah it’s crazy. And it also reminds Joe of something the creator, curator and overall guru of Pro Football Talk, the great Mike Florio, has often said.
“Silence invites speculation,” Florio likes to say. And it’s true.
Unanswered questions from the public fuel speculation. And that is like a snowball that starts small but rolls downhill and until it becomes a giant boulder.
Joe has to give Romo props for being creative.
You can see and hear Romo’s take on Brady at the 4:42 mark of the CBS video below.
After nail-biting playoff games, Jim Nantz and @tonyromo are gearing up to call the AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday on @CBS.
While the world is talking about the Chiefs, the pair reminds fans to “be careful about Cincinnati.” pic.twitter.com/OWPIu5IHdF
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) January 28, 2022
January 28th, 2022 at 3:21 pm
Every talking head and pencil pusher has an opinion…..and there are a lot of them….
How about one big article will all of them at the same time…..spare us, please.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:22 pm
I believe the longer we go without an announcement the more likely TB12 comes back. He knows what he wants to do already. He is enjoying all the free publicity he is getting. The longer he waits the more free pub TB12 gets.
BA knows what TB12 is doing and BA is coming back to coach another year…
Just my $.02…
January 28th, 2022 at 3:26 pm
Romo is just having fun.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:26 pm
Romo is awesome is the booth. Once Horseface gets her heels into Brady, no way he comes back once he’s hung it up, unless he catches her in a strange way with Clydesdale or something.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Tom will be back for one last season and bring Gronk with him. They both announce this will be their last season.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:32 pm
Hey Marine – good points man.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:35 pm
All tkinf of things can happen….What I really can´t see how will BUcs resigning all his free agents……At least my numbers don´t add …… I hear people saying Bucs cap is not that bad…….Maybe 2+2 is not anymore 4 and I´ve never noticed
January 28th, 2022 at 3:43 pm
This sort of off-the-wall take is usually relegated to May when NFL analysts have run out of things to talk about. There’s enough real things happening in the NFL right now that Romo needs to calm down.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:43 pm
An I the only one who feels Florio hates the BUCS? I get the Joe’s have a professional relationship and Florio uses Joe’s for content. But I can’t stand his whiny I am right no matter what, pulling his Im a attorney routine. Ok remember when that site was nothing and as it grew so grew his ego and biased opinions.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:44 pm
There is almost nothing to talk about except the four teams remaining in the Playoffs. I don’t take anything I hear seriously this time of yr.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Fertile minds? If you have ever driven around the southern illinois countryside, you can see on any given day, many multi-colored grazing four legged creatures in the process of producing of such fertility. So says they at ISU.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:51 pm
You can take the boy out of Charleston, but you can’t take Charleston out of the boy.
January 28th, 2022 at 3:59 pm
mark2001 –
ROTFL!
January 28th, 2022 at 4:00 pm
them doods, romo and nance, seemingly just crawled out of bed to jump on tv with nate…
#NoCoffeeNoNothing #TakesFromSleepyheads
January 28th, 2022 at 4:04 pm
zz, 2 + 2 is not 4 with regards to the salary cap. How do you think the Saints have done it for this long when they’re way over the cap every year? Now the time will come when it becomes a problem for them, and that time is now. But they kicked the can down the road for literally years. We can definitely do it for another year or two with creative accounting if it means keeping Brady here. Of course one day we will also have to pay and be in the same position there in. But that day doesn’t need to be anytime soon.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:05 pm
I read the caption on that pic and just laughed…
Yeah, Steelers and maybe ,MAYBE, the Texans would be that desperate!
January 28th, 2022 at 4:21 pm
Swampbuc. You can only dream about Giselle.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Surely you are not suggesting Illinois State is “southern Illinois?”
If so, that means you must live north of I-80. 🙂
January 28th, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Brady will milk this for all the free publicity he can, either way.
I think it is a mistake to think that the longer it goes on, the more chance there is of Brady staying.
Brady will do what he wants to do, how and when he wants to.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:25 pm
Southern Illinois is Charleston. Central Illinois is ISU…the Harvard of the Midwest. LOL.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:29 pm
The “Fertile Mind” went to Mexico with Jessica Simpson the week before a playoff game loss to Giants..
January 28th, 2022 at 4:34 pm
When it comes to football, ISU had Urban Meyer as an assistant coach years back. Payton, Romo, etc. actually played at EIU. So I guess that gives EIU the edge, when it comes to football anyway,
January 28th, 2022 at 4:42 pm
Look, TB comes back. Or he doesn’t. Right now no one but he knows.
What we do know is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play football in 2022. This team existed before TB and it will go on without him. Business as usual again.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:44 pm
Things I still can’t believe .. The Goat and Gronk joined the Bucs.. We won the freaking Super Bowl at Ray J… brought our entire team to run it back.. and yes we got unlucky with injuries, drama with AB and I also think we haven’t heard everything and I would bet BA was a part of a lot more than we know, over confident players aka Devin White, Winfield Jr and most of the D, very questionable coaching who couldn’t make adjustments quicker through out the season. I still can’t believe this team showed up last week at Ray J and played like that in front of a sold out stadium for a chance to play for another Super Bowl. To think miscommunication by players, 3 quarters of bad play, and way too late for adjustments is still eating at me and making me sick !!! Fluke fumbles, Mike Evans, Lenny, and the Goat brought us back with 45 seconds (and even said we scored too soon because our D ) and no one on the sideline stepped after letting Kupp easily gain 20 and say ok let w play 15 off, keep them in play and DONT BLITZ or LET the WRs get beat you and look what happened!!! I know it’s all about Brady, but he’s done and yes it was a fun two years that I won’t forget, but as a Bucs since 1990 those days and chances are over and I’m preparing myself for an above season. Sorry for being a negative Nancy, but all it took was 45 seconds of stupidity and watching football is going to be hard to watch this weekend after seeing what went down last Sunday. Thanks Tom for everything!!!! Just can’t shake this sick feeling and I know it’s only football, but it wasn’t suppose to end like that and because of boneheaded coaches and players it did. Go BOLTS
January 28th, 2022 at 4:48 pm
These guys must be running out of things to say- everything is what if now
January 28th, 2022 at 4:52 pm
Another useless article trying to fill up space.
January 28th, 2022 at 4:53 pm
IT”S TB12 24×7. BUT …
What’s up with JPP and Suh? They’re older and at the end of their careers. Are they retiring or hoping to play another season?
January 28th, 2022 at 4:53 pm
And get Sean Payton here ASAP
January 28th, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Romo is not crazy. I thought the same thing. He will retire and eventually come back and give it a shot
January 28th, 2022 at 5:58 pm
And yet Lesco you still read it
January 28th, 2022 at 6:57 pm
I am so happy the only place I’ve visited in Illinois is Chicago and the only place I’ve been in Indiana is Indianapolis.
The midwest is the least interesting part of this country. Yes, the folks in many of these midwestern states are nice folks. However, the terrain is so uninteresting. I’m sure Clodhopper and many others will not share that sentiment.
January 28th, 2022 at 7:04 pm
I don’t believe Brady would hold the Bucs hostage or deny them the time to plan ahead. He did that in New England because Belichick offered him a $14 mm contract and he was insulted. Bucs answer will come soon, unless BA and or Licht pissed him off. Can you say AB?
January 28th, 2022 at 7:08 pm
Based on the picture I thought he was going to suggest we.sign Jameis. Talk about securing a future of losing seasons. I’ll take Trask thank you. At least he hasn’t thrown 30 picks yet.
January 28th, 2022 at 7:29 pm
The great Mike Florio has never needed silence or anything else to start speculating, neither do the rest of the talking heads. In time Brady will make things clear, everything else is a waste of time.
January 28th, 2022 at 8:46 pm
Driving through the midwest can be (without something to listen to) painfully boring, especially in the winter when nothing is growing and everything is gray. But it is a great way to experience America (trust Joe, Chicago is not Illinois, not even close. Like two different planets. Chicago is a corner of the state. Both folks in Chicago and outside the metro area are proud they are not like each other.)
January 28th, 2022 at 8:50 pm
Charleston is north of I-70. So impossible to be “southern Illinois.” 🙂
January 28th, 2022 at 9:18 pm
Brady is set to retire. Announcement coming right after super bowl.
January 28th, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Think Brady may retire next week before the SB. That gives the Bucs a little more time to make plans to get another QB and TE. I don’t think Brady will make the Bucs wait. Hope he stays but don’t think he will at this point.
January 28th, 2022 at 10:01 pm
Nah, all the talk is Brady will retire and announce it very soon well before the Superbowl. Supposedly, he doesn’t want to take the spotlight from the Superbowl but he wants to announce quickly to help the Bucs have more planning time. We don’t know for sure but where there’s smoke there’s usually fire. I’ve feared this may be the case and I certainly respect it if it is as sad as that may be. I truly believe if it were up to only Tom, there’s no way in the world he would retire. He’s got a family, particularly a wife that likely wants that to be it. She seemed to want him to hang it up after last year.
January 28th, 2022 at 10:01 pm
Bruce is to blame if Tom retires because Brown wasn’t the only incident and Tom even though had a great year didn’t look like himself most games ? Like he had so many things on his mind, but thank you for the Super Bowl !!! I really thought after they won he would honor his contract and seemed happy, but obviously we don’t have access to the locker room and something or a couple of things went down
January 28th, 2022 at 10:08 pm
To swampbuc. How does it feel to undress youself in front of the world by calling names like that. You, my friend are not a very nice person. You seem to live in the “moron” level of humanity. Uh, you suck too.
January 28th, 2022 at 10:11 pm
@Yucto. You are either a youngster or you are chopping a lot of lines. It won’t be any of the folks you mentioned if TB retires. It would solely be because TB and his family have decided to retire. The same AB that was calling TB out when all TB did was get him paid and alley ooped a SB to him. Was it that AB you were referring to? Yeah, no way Tom is blaming the delusions that exist in AB’s head on B.A. Didn’t look like himself? We were poised to be hosting the NFC Championship as Tom threw this team on his back against an elite defense only for the defense to defecate all over themselves.
January 28th, 2022 at 11:25 pm
What if Tom wanted Gisellel to retire most people don’t retire at 44 years old if he loves playing football Giselle should support it I get the family aspect of it he’s 44 years old let him do what he loves to do be supportive Giselle and let him come back another year and win a Super Bowl and then retire I’m going to talk to her stay tuned
January 28th, 2022 at 11:29 pm
There is a chance I wake up in the morning with my head sewn to the carpet too.
January 28th, 2022 at 11:51 pm
@JV that’s probably the last time you played sports before you realized you didn’t have a chance, but moron for speaking my mind ? Come on Jizz on your face calm down and maybe you want me to undress me, but I don’t play for your team (happy for you though ). Cmurda I think Bruce might have worn him down and when I said it always looked like Tom had something on his mind and didn’t look as comfortable and carefree as he was his first year. ( had a great stats minus 3 games ) but could have there been more drama then just Antonio and Giselle ) I was saying and I’ve never been a huge Arians fan and I really hope that’s not the main reason he doesn’t come back and play for him after 2 years. Now they are saying he’s going to take a year or two off and come back like Jordan ? Crazy, but either way stoked they won the super bowl and still can’t believe we won’t be playing this weekend, but just like the college I went to lost the football championship it just wasn’t a good football year, but still have the Bolts and let’s see if they can go for three in a row !!
January 29th, 2022 at 3:00 am
Romo could well be right..
January 29th, 2022 at 3:09 am
I thought about the retire and unretire aspect too. He has stated numerous times he doesn’t want to walk away knowing he could still perform at a championship level for a team. But, Tom Brady is not Jordan, in the sense that I feel his obligation to his family is something he would take seriously once retired even if he knew he could still play.
The only way I could see him unretiring is if Giselle got so sick of him moping around on Sundays watching football and saying, “That MFer can’t play QB! I could take that team to the Super Bowl at 50!”
January 29th, 2022 at 3:13 am
And for that reason, I believe he will leave on his terms. So, I have a gut feeling that he will have that one last season with the Bucs, where the world knows it’s his last season. And his every move will be documented to death. Brady is the kind of guy who would secretly want a whole documentary of his last dance.
January 29th, 2022 at 3:17 am
Joe Says:
January 28th, 2022 at 8:46 pm
Driving through the midwest can be (without something to listen to) painfully boring, especially in the winter when nothing is growing and everything is gray. But it is a great way to experience America (trust Joe, Chicago is not Illinois, not even close. Like two different planets. Chicago is a corner of the state. Both folks in Chicago and outside the metro area are proud they are not like each other.)
This is actually interesting writing and analysis. JoeAmericaFan?
January 29th, 2022 at 9:02 am
I-74 is basically the heart of Illinois. Everything south of that ISU/ U of I coridor, particularly south of Springfield/Decatur, is basically Southern Illinois. Mattoon, Newton… central Illinois? LOL.
January 29th, 2022 at 9:20 am
I think it depends on where the team is going and free agency, which I’m sure he’s getting his questions answered. I bet he will announce his plans by Tuesday. He made us relevant and brought us a superbowl, TB12 can do whatever he wants. If he does retire and there is a late season injury to a qb on a stacked team.. Both he and the bucs will be getting a immediate phone call.
January 29th, 2022 at 9:23 am
Heck Joe.. I have ancestors from down there. Half the boys were named after Confederate generals. And their feels were so strong, they even named one of them Zollicoffer. Southern Illinois.
January 29th, 2022 at 11:00 am
On I-57 near Benton, IL is a memorable George Harrison mural.
Hope it’s still there after the tornadoes.