Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has drawn attention as a potential addition to Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL broadcasts, though reporting indicates the idea is unlikely to advance this season.
Netflix is scheduled to carry a pair of games on December 25, matching the Green Bay Packers against the Chicago Bears and the Buffalo Bills against the Denver Broncos.
A sports executive recently raised the possibility of bringing Romo onto the production, framing it as an appealing option that could generate interest with limited downside.
“It seems like a low-risk, high-reward move,” the executive told Puck’s John Ourand. “Plus, everyone loves a comeback story.”
Ourand pushed back on the prospect of an immediate partnership.
“I can say with a good degree of certainty that a Netflix linkup is unlikely to happen for Romo—at least not this season,” he reported. Neither Netflix nor Romo has announced any agreement covering the holiday games.
The speculation follows Romo’s exit from his long-running role at CBS Sports, where he had worked as a lead game analyst alongside Jim Nantz.
The network and Romo mutually agreed to part ways in October, leaving him without a regular weekly assignment for the first time since he joined the booth after retiring from the NFL.
His sudden availability has prompted discussion of possible landing spots, and Netflix’s expanding live-sports portfolio has placed the streamer’s Christmas doubleheader in that conversation.
Romo’s style as an analyst—energetic, candid, and rooted in his playing career—helped make him one of the most recognizable voices in NFL coverage during his CBS years.
A short-term or one-off appearance on a high-profile platform like Netflix could theoretically reintroduce him to a broad audience without requiring a full-season commitment.
At the same time, assembling a broadcast team for a major holiday window involves tight schedules, existing talent arrangements, and production plans that are often locked in well ahead of the date.
Those practical constraints help explain why observers view a late addition as improbable.
Netflix has steadily increased its investment in live sports, using NFL games as a centerpiece of its holiday programming.
Adding a familiar name such as Romo would fit a pattern of pairing established personalities with new platforms, yet the lack of any confirmed talks leaves the suggestion in the realm of industry chatter rather than an active negotiation.
For now, the Christmas Day telecasts are expected to proceed without him, even as questions about his next broadcasting chapter remain open.
