The Bills-Bengals game showed how far Tony Romo has truly fallen off as an announcer

There was a time when Tony Romo was the latest, greatest thing to happen to football announcing. In the form of elaborate play predictions, he offered insightful analysis and energy that had fans engaged quite well with CBS’s main NFL broadcast.

That time has now passed.

As the Cincinnati Bengals clocked the Buffalo Bills 27-10 during a snowy AFC divisional round battle Sunday, it was clear Romo officially jumped the shark as an announcer. (It’s a play clock, not a shot clock, Tony!)

Gone were the days of quality and thoughtful analysis as a color commentator. In was Romo needlessly throwing in hyperbole at seemingly every opportunity (if I hear “this game’s gonna come down to this,” one more time), making fundamental mistakes for a professional broadcaster, and a guy who has pretty apparently mailed it in after nearly six years on the job.

Needless to say, NFL fans finally had enough of Romo’s hijinks as they watched the marquee Buffalo-Cincinnati playoff battle unfold.