Website offers interesting solution for Tony Romo, Greg Olsen

In its latest sports media newsletter released on Wednesday, the Awful Announcing website produced an interesting idea for how CBS could replace Tony Romo as its lead NFL analyst with Fox's Greg Olsen as Olsen loses that network's spot in the No. 1 booth to living legend Tom Brady. 

"Move Romo to the studio where his unbridled enthusiasm can be let loose in a more fitting and less restrictive environment," Awful Announcing suggested for CBS. "Acquire Greg Olsen from Fox to partner with (play-by-play announcer) Jim Nantz because he would be a huge improvement and deserves to hold on to a top game analyst position with Tom Brady taking his spot at Fox." 

Romo seemingly has regressed in the booth since he signed a 10-year contract reportedly worth up to $180M in February 2020, so much so that CBS has apparently held "interventions" in attempts to get the former Dallas Cowboys star back on track. Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus acknowledged that individuals within the network have told Romo to "calm down a little bit because you do get too into the game." Such messages didn't help Romo avoid numerous criticisms voiced by fans and analysts during and after the big game. 

Meanwhile, Brady remains on track to join Fox via a 10-year deal reportedly worth $375M at a time when CBS' "The NFL Today" program is set to have multiple openings. Some industry insiders previously mentioned an idea that involved Fox featuring a three-man booth of Brady, Olsen and lead play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt next season, but Richard Deitsch of The Athletic reported on Monday that plan is "not in the cards." 

Awful Announcing noted how CBS found success by shifting Phil Simms to "The NFL Today" after Simms lost the network's lead analyst gig to Romo in 2017. 

"The move worked out well for everyone," Awful Announcing explained. "Simms had lost touch with viewers in the booth but provided a solid veteran presence in the studio, where he has been ever since. And Romo was at the time a spectacular hire." 

Would Romo relocate to "The NFL Today" studio? Would Olsen prefer to stay with Fox to see how serious Brady is about traveling to call games beyond one campaign? The answers to such questions are unknown, but it's clear the NFL's broadcasting situations will continue to generate interesting discussion points throughout the offseason.