Report: CBS tried to land Peyton Manning before re-signing Tony Romo
Ever since Peyton Manning retired from the NFL, big networks have been trying to land him as an NFL analyst.
However, the Tennessee legend has yet to bite on an offer, as he really seems to enjoy retirement thus far.
That hasn’t stopped networks from trying, though. As Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports, CBS actually tried to sign Manning to a contract before re-signing Tony Romo to a deal worth $17 million per year:
In the midst of the Romo talks, CBS offered Manning a contract that is believed to be in the range of $10 million to $12 million a year for five or six seasons, according to sources.
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ESPN was expected to get into the bidding for Romo if he hit the open market, but CBS locked him up last week. However, it appears CBS was at least a little worried about ESPN’s offer, as Marchand reports.
For now, though, Manning remains in retirement. We’ll see if he eventually joins the broadcast booth or not.
I’m still trying to figure out why Phil Simms, a man who won two SB’s, got placed in the studio with the NFL Today crew and was replaced by Tony Romo, a man who won only 2 playoff games. Other than the fact that Romo is a Dallas Cowboy, Phil Simms should still be with Jim Nantz.
Simms had done it a long time and I thought he was pretty good too. Of course it’s worked out for CBS, Romo is a rock star. There’s a lot less travel with a studio job, it doesn’t move from city to city each week. Moving to the studio may have been something that appealed to Simms. I would imagine if going back to the studio ticked him off, or if staying in the booth was his desire he could have easily gone to another network with his booth experience and track record. I’m just speculating though.
By your logic-Trent Dilfer (1 ring) is better than Marino
Winning superbowls has nothing to do with a person’s personality or their ability to be a color analyst live on air during a game. How many superbowls did Jim Nantz win?
That’s exactly my point you illiterate imbecile. I’m stating that on-field success has limited correlation, if any, with success as a commentator. Learn to read. I think this is the part where, were I you (thank God I’m not), I’d b1tch about being microaggressed.
I was adding to your point, not debating you. My goodness, you’re insulted by everything. Put the Natty Lites away and go get some fresh air.
Then put down your natty lites and reply to the guy who made the comment, lol
Romo is as good as it gets right now. CBS may not have wanted to fork over that much but I can’t imagine Manning filling those shoes as a color guy. It might have been a blessing in disguise, you know what you’ve got in Romo and you can tell he loves doing it.
They offered Chase Daniel but his rider requested a safe space with puppies and coloring books. I hear that’s common with Mizzou’s woke alumni.
Except Chase Daniel is still in the league, oops!
“Stop trolling-it looks bad on our fanbase” Practice what you preach, hypocrite.
I realize he’s plays for the Bears, it’s just that playing for the Bears is basically the same as being out of the league, given how irrelevant the position is.
Not on your team’s page throwing shade at your former players, thus you can’t logically call me out as being hypocritical (whoops).
First of all how was I on “your team’s” thread? This was on the SDS Home page. Second, how the hell was I throwing shade holy crap?
You mean the thread with the orange background and T, lol? You said they probably ended up better off. Given that Peyton hasn’t done commentary, you simply don’t have the evidence to make up that determination or form that opinion in a factual manner. Thus, I have to rely on the many times you’ve trolled and the evidence points to you being spiteful and petty, which is your normal behavior here. Why question that people automatically veer toward you being a pr1ck when more often than not, you are one?
Nothing I said was throwing shade. How many people never do commentary and hit it off like Romo? Very few seeing how he just got a contract that blew anyone else in the business away. The guy is a rock star, that’s not shade toward Manning. Give me any evidence beside scripted Nation Wide commercials do you have that gives you confidence Manning would do the job Romo has done? You have none, therefore it isn’t shade, it’s just a fair assumption by anyone with a fully functioning brain. Now quit trolling ME, get over yourself and practice what you preach. This is getting ridiculous.
You and others have praised Romo for his cerebral approach to the game and insight. Peyton did that better than any other qb in the game, including Romo. He’s got personality as well (SNL/commercials). When making an assertion (as you did), basic logic (I realize you went to Mizzou and logic isn’t taught there) dictates that it’s your responsibility to provide logical support for your argument, which you didn’t do. Lastly, it’s pretty funny that you troll lots of UT articles but feel you’re being picked on (or microaggressed, to use the Mizzou parlance). If you’re going to troll incessantly, don’t whine like a little b1tch when someone throws critique back at you.
Nothing I said was throwing shade. You’re turning yourself into a complete disaster all by yourself.
You’re turning yourself into a complete disaster-see, I can do it too.
This is hilarious. Oskie making fun of Mizzou for supposedly needing safe spaces, and proceeds to get upset and offended at literally everything. I think UT is the official safe-space U.
TD, it’s like oskie has got severe little brother syndrome. “Stop throwing shade by complimenting Romo!”. It’s unreal.
Where do I get offended by everything? Quantify that with evidence? I’m not the one trolling Mizzou articles repeatedly so please stop projecting.
Evidence = He read the first and every one of your replies.
Complimenting Romo by saying he would be hard to replace is not a troll. It’s means Romo is freakin good at it whether they were trying to replace him with Manning or Joe freaking Montana, makes no difference. But you don’t understand that and instead get offended and reply with insane fkery because you misinterpret dam near everything if it isn’t gloating or complimenting everything TN. That’s not fandom, that’s being a b1tch (as YOU would put it). And even more evidence of the hypocrisy YOU walk yourself into. No one else does it for you, hypocrite.
Ha-glad that profanity laced explanation providing the strong statistical sample of one article proved how offended I am (and somehow I’m the hypocrite). I bet that coloring book’s got a hole in it from all that rage coloring you’ve done these last 24 hours, sweet pea.
Don’t act mistreated, YOU asked. It’s not like it’s hard to find, you walk into this, post the garbage you post and expose yourself all on your own. You’re just a glutton for punishment, cry me a river.