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Romo on leave from CBS Sports after
arrest on suspicion of operating vehicle under the influence
[August 01, 2026]
Tony Romo has been placed on leave from his role as the lead
analyst on CBS’ NFL coverage following his arrest last week on suspicion
of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
CBS Sports announced Friday that the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback
was on leave “until further notice.” JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and
Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports’ lead NFL team during Romo’s absence. |
Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo, right, attends an NBA basketball game
between the Indiana Pacers and the Dallas Mavericks on March 5, 2024, in
Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) |
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Romo, 46, was arrested July 23 after he was stopped while
driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. According to the
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office report, Romo performed poorly
on field sobriety tests before getting taken into custody,
booked and released.
He has a court date set for Sept. 21.
CBS Sports’ announcement comes after citations released by the
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office indicated an open bottle of an
alcoholic beverage was found in the passenger’s side of Romo’s
black Jeep during an inventory before it was towed.
According to the citations, police stopped Romo after he was
seen passing cars in a gore area, which separates interstate
traffic from cars entering from an on-ramp. Police said Romo
questioned what a gore area was during the stop.
Body camera footage released earlier this week showed Romo
telling deputies he had been coming from a golf course and was
on his way “to visit grandma and grandpa” when he was stopped. A
deputy told Romo he suspected him of being impaired because he
had “red glassy eyes” and an “odor of an intoxicating alcoholic
beverage.”
Romo went to high school about 35 miles from Milwaukee in
Burlington, Wisconsin.
He has been the lead game analyst for CBS’ NFL coverage since
2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during an NFL career
that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.
Romo remains the Cowboys’ franchise leader in career touchdown
passes with 248. He held the franchise record for career passing
yards (34,183) until Dak Prescott overtook him last season.
Watt joined CBS in 2023. He was an analyst on “The NFL Today”
for two seasons before teaming with Ian Eagle on the network’s
No. 2 crew beginning last season.
Romo wasn’t expected to have his first game until the opening
Sunday of the regular season on Sept. 13. CBS will air a
preseason game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia
Eagles on Aug. 28.
CBS likely will reveal its game assignments and announcer
pairings for the first three weeks of the regular season in the
next couple of weeks.
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