The Most Polarizing QB in NFL History 

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What I don’t think people can appreciate about Romo is that he’s an undrafted quarterback - those kind of quarterbacks are lucky to even make the team. Anything after that is a bonus. Yet, all Romo has done with his time with the Cowboys is become their all time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns. That deserves respect for a successful career.

Ken Anderson said it best. The quarterback gets too much credit when things go right and too much blame when things go wrong

Named my cat tony romo. He killed 3 rabbits at age 16 in ond day last week. What a unit and i regret nothing giving him that name.

Sits alongside Manning, Elway, Rodgers on the following: number of comeback victories. Winning percentage as a starter. Retired with 2nd highest CAREER QB rating behind Rodgers. His regular season records are HOF numbers. But haters say "not postseason". Whatever. But one thing is impossibly false: calling him a choker.

Romo went from undrafted to being the third greatest QB in Cowboys history, behind only Troy Aikman and all-time great Roger Staubach.

HE got a 180 million for 10 years? He definitely won something…maybe life.

I will say he's mailed in his CBS commentary the last 3 years or so. Used to be ultra prepared...would never mis-pronounce names as he KNEW who and what he was talking about. GOT PAID.....and now he's just okay. And extremely disappointing when compared to how good he used to be.

On the field, Tony Romo's highest ceiling was Brett Favre. Off the field, obviously, Brett Favre couldn't touch him with a 39 and a half foot pole

If he had a Super Bowl ring or two he would've been an unquestionable HOFer

If dude played for any other team he would get none of this hate, I’m not even a cowboys fan and I realize that. I’m actually a Seahawks fan, I’ve watched Romo at both of his lowest points career wise, missed PAT, and his back injury that ended his Cowboy career. Always saw how he bounced back time and again, dude has my respect

"Hey Jim, this is a pretty good FivePoints video. What do you think, Gene?" Tony Romo (probably)

He accomplished a lot more than some QBs who were drafted number one overall. He didn't do real well in the playoffs but he still didn't do too bad for an undrafted QB. I think he's decent as a football commentator.

2:31 Romos birthday is April 12th, during the making of this he was 42yrs old. The scoreboard in the background. Creepy suff.

Isn't it crazy how Drew Bledsoe getting hurt started 2 of the most unlikely careers ever?

"Love him or hate him, Tony Romo finally won something." That's one of the best lines I've ever heard in a RU-vid video...well done.

“Any time a direction is in a school’s name, you know they’re not a sought-after school” North Carolina and both USCs: *are we jokes to you?*

I think romo was a top QB when he was playing, which translated to him being a great commentator for his first couple seasons in the booth. Then the NFL offenses started changing more from what he was running and because he didnt know as much, NOR DID IT SEEM LIKE HE EVER DID ANY RESEARCH/PREP, he just started doing the "ooooooooooo well I DONT KNOW JIM". He went from a broadcaster with great insight into the game to being your drunk uncle on thanksgiving in the booth for every game.

Dallas' chance to win a Superbowl was Dak and Zeke's rookie season. If he hadn't gotten injured in the preseason, it would've been the best combination of O-line, run game, and defense he would have ever had. I get why they didn't let him fight for his job, it's hard to justify benching a QB leading a team to the 1-seed, but that offense ran (literally) through Zeke, not Dak. Dallas just needed smart, experienced QB play in the playoffs, which is what Romo had that Dak didn't. If Romo started vs Green Bay, Dallas doesn't fall behind and probably wins by multiple scores.

FOMO: Perry Como, Tony Romo, Four Loco, no homo

Thing about losing the playoff game after Cabo it gave us crying T.O. "That's my quarterback" 😭😭😭

Jessica sitting in the stands looking around like she had no idea what was going on...

He may be the most hated but he definitely deserves the most respect. Going undrafted and getting to be a "franchise" QB for the Cowboys. That's pretty amazing, I really wished him and my hometown football hero Jason Witten wouldn't have went to the Caribbean in 07 though!🤬

Good ole Vinny Testicularverde, as we would say as kids 😂

He is a fantastic commentator. I'm a Bills fan and he called 13 seconds which gets him hate, but he also calls stuff like that all the time. He is also great at explaining the game.

That moment against Seattle was a potential game winning field goal, not a potential game tying extra point

I think people just hate the team more than anyone hates him.

I hated him up until the day he hung up his Cowboys jersey for the last time, then I didn't care about him. Once he started his broadcasting career and evolved to become Romostradamus I have liked him ever since.

Romo is the most hated? Are we just ignoring that guy from the Cheatriots?

10:50 His knack for predicting this offensive play, he circled #12, #13 was sitting two positions to the right in the slot and got the TD.

No lie, I can watch that Broncos/Cowboys game for time on end and never get bored... Aside from the defense.

He was an undrafted free agent! What more do you expect out of the guy?

I always liked Romo

I didnt follow the NFL back then but stats say he was amazing. As a broadcaster he is great. Pro-Romo.

2nd best UDFA QB after Warner. Unfortunately, his coach was Jason "8-8" Garrett Also that "oH mY gOsH" during the botched spike at the end of the 49ers Cowboys playoff matchup in 2022 was classic lmao

As an Eagles fan, I didn't like Romo when he was a QB, but he is, in my opinion, the best color announer in football. He's hilarious, incredably entertaining.

As a Cowboy hater I love him, Dak Prescott too!

Romo gets praise for carrying those mid late 00s and early 10s Cowboys teams

If he has this current Cowboy team with the defense he would have won a title

I love him he's the reason I watched the NFL. After he left I sort of fell out for a while. Same I felt watching wrestling after a long time then quit when for a long time Benoit died. And now Bray Wyatt is gone :(

“I can’t stand the thought of not going to another super bowl again.” “Bur Tony, you’re too nice of a guy, I can’t take your soul.” “You did it for OJ Simpson!” “Yeah, but OJ was coming down here anyway.” “Fine, I’ll go to the super bowl as an announcer and I’ll win an Emmy!” “That’s the spirit!” (Yeah, but I’m also a Packers fan.)

He’s actually one of the best ever to do it. Numbers don’t lie. Hate it or like it, you can’t deny him being undrafted and playing for years in the most polarizing football team in America.

Still my guy. He's the reason why I was not just a Cowboys fan but a football fan as well.

Romo was underrated his career. He was elite and carried teams with horrible O Lines and poor to avg defenses. Along with having the clapper as his coach. He had to throw the ball so damn much due to lack of good running game. He had the most 4th quarter comebacks during his tenure and went toe to toe with Peyton Manning in 2013 vs Denver only for his defense to shit the bed. When he finally had a competent team in 2014, he lost due to the Dez Catch. Yet year after year, idiot fans and analysts called him a choker and a interception artist. Its like people chose who to hate without knowing facts. The dude only uas 2 ints in playoff appearances. The cowboys without Romo won 30% of games and with Romo won 60%.

You replace the r with an h and you got yourself a banger joke in middle school

most hated announcer? Joe Buck is like hold my beer!

"eeeehehhhhb ouuuuuuuuee I don't know Jim"

I've been a Dallas my whole life. I remember the 1-15 season. Romo was awesome. Arguably the best undrafted QB ever. It takes a team to win. And routinely, Romo would be clutch by getting a late go-ahead TD only to have the defense give up an even later go-ahead TD or field goal to the other team. The same thing is happening to Dak now. I also think Romo would have won that playoff game against Green Bay in Dallas Dak's rookie year. That was a fantastic team and the decision to start Dak over Romo was a bad call. Dak made several rookie mistakes in that one that Romo would have probably not made.

Tony seems like a decent enough guy who enjoyed the game a lot more than some of the other QBs of that era. Trying to predict the plays from the booth got real old, real fast for me. Particularly when he'd be circling a receiver at the line of scrimmage right before the snap - so distracting, especially for those of us who like to scan the formation and try to decipher what the defense was going to be doing.

Lol I thought this video would be about Ryan Leaf or Johnny Football lol

I got into football later in life and gravitated toward the Cowboys. Romo was the first QB I watched every Sunday. I’ll always have a soft spot for him just like I’m sure kids love their childhood QB heroes.

If Romo had some defenses that could hold the lead in the final minutes of a game, he'd have lead the Cowboys to multiple Super Bowls.

The best part about the patriots being bad is we don’t get stuck with Romo on our broadcasts. Thank the football gods

Whenever I see Romo as an announcer or any cowboys for that matter I just mute it and listen to the local radio broadcast while I watch the game 😂

His first 2 years of announcing were great.

Charlie Weis said what needed to be said about Romo's performance announcing the Super Bowl.

Everyone in the group besides Tom will admit that Dez Bryant caught that ball.

More than anything, I'm just baffled how his last few years in the booth haven't led to a lucrative lozenge sponsorship.

Just a video idea, maybe a story about Tommy Maddox will be interesting.

I think he has won more than just a PGA celeb tournament. He has been paid Millions through his career as a player and broadcaster and BONUS points for a smokin hot wife!

10:47 so he’s Billy Mumphrey?

in the least i'd say the man has a solid work ethic.

6:34 it wasn't an extra point attemp to tie the game, it was a field goal attempt tht would have given them the lead.

I found my way to clickbait sports via TGS. I’m a Cowboys fan but I also personally connect with his style presentation and humor. I respect what all of you do and all of you seem to be authentic and work toward and audience that appreciates what you do, not simply catering to what might be profitable. Brandon might be someone that i think clicks with me on a degenerative level and the cadence with which we speak and joke meshes……but i truly loved watching this video as a cowboys fan.

Didn’t mind him as a player, hate him in the booth

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Did expect to see a FUMA shirt in this video 😂

He was like Big Ben Lite

Been here since before 5 points had a face reveal.

I actually really liked Romo as a QB and I like him even more as a commentator

couldn't stand Romo as a player, but as an analyst he is awesome.

Man asking for a 2nd rounder for a backup QB seems crazy. Especially since someone like Fields got traded for a bag of footballs

Fuck you mean this my favorite qb ever I love romo GO ROMO dude made mr a Dallas fan love romo so much I’d give anything to watch him again my first jersey first NFL game I ever seen he’s my favorite ever will ever be my fav player

Announcer Romo seemed to make more noises than words during his first few years. Apparently he's improved, but I don't watch the sport anymore so all I have are memories of him grunting like someone defecating while giving birth.

“EHHHHH I DONT KNOW FIVE”

I didn't hate Romo himself as much as I hated the hype train NEVER SHUTTING UP about him.

Put up great numbers in the regular season, only to step on rakes in the post-season, every year. Dak is Romo 2.0

If JJ had provided this amazing scrambler with a decent line so he didn't have to run for his life every snap Romo would be a multi superbowl winner. JJ thought he could get by with a cheapo OL because of Romo's talent and didn't buy an OL.

I think any Dallas QB is polarizing!!

I have this thing called a razor

If Dez caught it, then he should have hung on to it. Nothing sadder than crying that he had the ball 0.8 seconds and that should be good enough to be considered a catch.

Tony Romo is the best kick holder in NFL history.

I remember as a kid my dad had a custom jersey that said "Homo for Romo"

Dude has won at life

Never understood the Romo hate. Though I may be a bit biased as an EIU alum.

Here comes Ryan Hunter

It was his endless glazing of Brady during games that I couldn't stand.

I live in burlington wi. Literally the only thing that this town cares about is that Tony Romo lived here.

Even though I am from the Bay area and my family are 49ers fans and I grew up in the '90s and was definitely aware of the 49ers and cowboys rivalry although to be fair I didn't really watch sports as a kid I only started watching them since the mid-2000s, but anyways I have never had a problem with Tony Romo. Sure he played for the cowboys who have that historic rivalry with the 49ers, but hey you know what I think Tony Romo is a great guy and I thought he was a really fantastic player. It's unfortunate for him that he's never gone past the divisional round in the playoffs. He's come close to doing so, but let's face it there's so many other players who just have not had the chance to even get even that far in the playoffs the divisional round that is. So although he never actually was able to lead the cowboys to win the big one which You honestly can't entirely blame it on him, I mean come on there are 32 teams in the NFL and at the time there were a total of 12 teams in the playoffs now there's 14 of them all trying to go all the way and win that Super bowl. It is not an easy thing to do. If I'm not mistaken Tony Romo actually has the greatest regular season statistics of any quarterback in cowboys history. Him not winning enough in the playoffs does not mean he's a choker or that he's bad. The only time I could say he really choked and for all we know it might not even been a joke It might have been just some accident just some freak accident and he didn't even have issues with nervousness or anything for all we know unless he admitted to having some at the time I don't know but when he fumbled on that holding on to the ball for the kicker in that wild card round where they lost of the Seahawks. Anyways I think he was a great player and when I did watch his broadcasts when he first started I thought he did an amazing job.. I do have to point out that since watching his broadcasts I haven't really watched live sports like since like 2018 or something. I've only occasionally dabbled and watching a few live sports here and there depending on what it is as I just typically just don't watch anything live anymore. So perhaps because of that I wasn't aware of Tony Romo possibly going stale in the broadcast booth. Who knows? Maybe perhaps he'll win some Emmys for his broadcasting prowess but still be well hated like Joe Buck. Yes Joe Buck has actually won some Emmys even though it's hard to really meet anybody who likes him at all😂

Hated him as a Cowboy. Love him as a broadcaster.

Yeah i remember they were calling Jessica Simpson "Yoko Romo" for a while.

Personally I think Romo might make a good coach. Especially offensive coordinator

I believe the end of his predictions was indeed an order from the league. Which, in turn, robbed him of most of what made him stand out, and he's been trying to find something else--and failing--ever since.

Wait, wait wait… Did you say Sean Payton was the head coach of the Cowboys when Romo came out of college?? I did not know that. Being a Washington fan always loved Romo. He may have beat up on us once or twice, but I always knew, they were never gonna make a playoff run even if they lead the division. I slept better back then.

Loved him as a QB, hate him as an announcer

As a packers fan I loved him playing for the Cowboys 😂

I don’t know why people hate him. I don’t think you need to LIKE him but he was a decent qb and he offers great insight during games as a commentator. Dude has always seemed like a good guy to me

It hurts more than I care to say as a grown man, that this dude didn't get a ring.

He stood in there and made great plays, great QB. He definitely was a choke artist if there ever was one, though.

Romo is becoming almost as bad as Cris Collinsworth in the booth