Tony Romo out at CBS; Blazers hire and fire broadcaster; NBC MLB announcer reviews

And look, the fact of the matter is that this is one of the more shocking outcomes in recent sports media history.

But not shocking in the context of Romo's arrest in July.

It would be shocking if you went back six months.

I don't think anybody thought CBS was going to find their way out of the Romo scenario that quickly.

We all knew that they wanted to find their way out.

They weren't very good at hiding it.

Obviously we all know the Romo story, but for those of you who might not know, Tony Romo begins his TV career straight out of retirement in 2017, is immediately one of the most acclaimed broadcasters in all of sports.

He is a, he's a happening.

People are in love with his ability to predict plays.

They are in love with the charisma he brings.

He is the exact opposite of his predecessor, Phil Simms, who was kind of a bit like Billy Packer, honestly.

One of Jim Nance's old partners, just kind of tack to turn, not a lot of charisma, kind of a bit of a charisma black hole.

Romo is the exact opposite.

He's rewarded with this tremendous contract in 2020, right before COVID of $17 million a year.

And it's a 10 year contract by the way.

So that thing was going to keep going.

And then over time, Romo stops improving, one, and he starts regressing, two.

And most importantly, the schtick that was supplementary to the substance became his primary offering.

The, oh, I don't know, Jim, all that eccentric stuff.

And the mechanics began to erode a bit.

The fundamentals began to erode.

He became Jason Williams.

And I mean, the one from the Sacramento Kings, Armand, just a bunch of, you know, really kind of flashy moves, but he wasn't winning you anything anymore.

And CBS made the move that I think had been looking for a reason.

Before I turn it over to you, Armand, I will say this.