--- title: Twitter Loves Tony Romo's Super Bowl Commentary description: NFL quarterback-turned-commentator Tony Romo is impressing football fans during the 2019 Super Bowl. canonical: https://time.com/5519730/tony-romo-super-bowl/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-04T03:14:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:14.380Z og:title: Tony Romo Might Be Super Bowl 2019's Real MVP og:description: He's stunned football fans all season with his play call predictions og:url: https://time.com/5519730/tony-romo-super-bowl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02cf38f3f90d08c7/6989446d16d88476bdc3489d/tony-romo-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3900 og:image:height: 2194 og:image:alt: NFL: DEC 30 Browns at Ravens og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tony Romo Might Be Super Bowl 2019's Real MVP twitter:description: He's stunned football fans all season with his play call predictions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02cf38f3f90d08c7/6989446d16d88476bdc3489d/tony-romo-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Magic on the Mike.' 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Icon Sportswire—Icon Sportswire via Getty Images by [Kathy Ehrich Dowd](https://time.com/author/kathy-dowd/) ## Kathy Ehrich Dowd Feb 4, 2019 3:14 AM UTC NFL quarterback-turned-commentator Tony Romo has stunned football fans all season with his Nostradamus-like play call predictions. And the former Dallas Cowboys star did not disappoint many fans who were tuning in to listen to his commentary [alongside BFF Jim Nantz](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/02/03/tony-romo-jim-nantz-are-calling-super-bowl-theyre-also-bffs/?utm%5Fterm=.30c538320ff6) during Super Bowl 53 Sunday evening. Although the game stayed snoozy until well into the fourth quarter, fans were praising Romo for at least attempting to keep things interesting — and for keeping his play call winning streak alive. Many fans seemed dumbfounded that Romo, who retired in 2016 after 14 years in the NFL, never snagged his own Super Bowl ring — and social media jokingly said he came off as the best quarterback in the otherwise dull game. Read on to see what fans said about the 38-year-old NFL legend, who David Spade proclaimed went from “Jedi to Yoda overnight.” See some of the best Tony Romo reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidSpade/status/1092245166939750401) > [](https://twitter.com/nancyvstar/status/1092248671167696897) > [](https://twitter.com/Sir%5FFalcon%5F003/status/1092248324822962181) > [](https://twitter.com/RobBloom/status/1092248807759179776) > [](https://twitter.com/rawnaleeda/status/1092248244959301632) > [](https://twitter.com/NotBillWalton/status/1092240268588449793) > [](https://twitter.com/jreid%5Fviii/status/1092241488547901440) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5519730/tony-romo-super-bowl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5519730/tony-romo-super-bowl/"},"headline":"'Magic on the Mike.' 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