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Tony Romo was in his analyst bag once again last night, using what Eagles’ defensive end Chris Long dubbed “Megamind” to accurately predict the unfolding of football plays at an alarming rate.
Take for example a Patriots third down drive in the third quarter. Romo claimed that the situation called “for the Patriots to dial up a cool play here,” predicting it would be “unique.”
Then, just seconds later, this happened:
"now you have to have some cool play. the problem is, all the cool plays take time" — Tony Romo, seconds before this Julian Edelman TD pass to Phillip Dorsett pic.twitter.com/VlhKgFdDSZ
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) November 17, 2019
Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz holds Romo’s football opinions in such high regard, during an officiating review to decipher if Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones intercepted a pass that he ripped from the hands of Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert, Wentz asked a CBS cameraman what Romo thought from the booth.
This was ruled an INT by Patriots CB Jonathan Jones, not a TD by Eagles TE Dallas Goedert #NEvsPHI pic.twitter.com/HaqXsrTPuR
— Kevin Boilard (@KevinBoilard) November 17, 2019
When Wentz got word that Romo thought it was a touchdown, he breathed a sigh of relief before saying, “Well, Romo’s always right.”
While the Eagles were waiting for that call, Carson Wentz asked our cameraman what he thought the call was.
The cameraman said "Tony Romo said no question it's a touchdown."
Wentz responded, "Well, Romo's always right."
It ended up being a touchdown. 😉
(via @TracyWolfson) pic.twitter.com/wMDwwWYp1k
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) November 17, 2019
Romo’s response:
https://twitter.com/jordan12191/status/1196190019704238080?s=20
The play, which was initially ruled an interception, was overturned for an Eagles touchdown, as Romo predicted.
On the opposite sideline, Bill Belichick was not pleased with the call, and revealed after the game that the only touchdown the Eagles put on the board all game was a sham.
Leftover from last night: The final score was 17-10, but in Bill Belichick’s scorebook, make it 17-3.
“We intercepted it and had that taken away. I really feel like we gave up 3 points today, but that’s the way it goes,” Belichick said in reference to end of Eagles’ TD drive.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) November 18, 2019
It’s only a sham if Tony Romo says it is.