Former Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo Featured on NFL Network’s ‘A Football Life’

The eighth season of NFL Network’s Emmy-nominated series A Football Life continues Friday, September 28 at 8:00 PM ET with a profile of former Pro Bowl quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and current CBS Sports Lead Analyst Tony Romo.

The one-hour show produced by NFL Films features sitdown interviews with Romo, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, former Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells, former teammate Jason Witten, family members and more.

Each episode of A Football Life – as well as all NFL Network programming – can be streamed live through the NFL app and via Watch NFL Network on smartphones, tablets, PCs and connected TV devices (Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, PlayStation 4 and Roku). Access is available for NFL Network subscribers of participating TV providers. For more information, go to NFL.com/watch.

Among the topics discussed in Tony Romo: A Football Life are:

  • Growing up in Burlington, Wisconsin and attending Eastern Illinois on a partial football scholarship
  • The decision to sign with the Dallas Cowboys over the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2003
  • Replacing Drew Bledsoe as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback midway through the 2006 season and leading Dallas to the playoffs
  • The much-publicized trip to Cabo the week before the 2007 Divisional Round game against the New York Giants
  • Retiring after the 2016 season and his transition to broadcasting

Emmy-nominated actor Josh Charles narrates.

Tony Romo: A Football Life includes interviews with the following people and more:

Tony Romo

Candice Romo – Wife

Ramiro Romo – Father

Joan Romo – Mother

Danielle & Jossalyn – Sisters

Jerry Jones – Dallas Cowboys owner

Bill Parcells – Former Dallas Cowboys head coach

Jason Garrett – Dallas Cowboys head coach

Jason Witten – Dallas Cowboys teammate

Jim Nantz – CBS Sports Lead Play-by-Play announcer

Sean McManus – Chairman of CBS Sports

Provided below are some select quotes from Tony Romo: A Football Life:

“I’m the luckiest guy who has ever walked. That’s how I feel…I have more gratitude toward my career and life probably than people realize.” – Tony Romo

“We have the Ring of Honor. I don’t think of anybody that could be more deserving than someone that’s made a huge contribution to this franchise than Tony Romo.” – Jerry Jones

“I looked at the roster, I thought Dallas gave me the best chance to make it. They had a coach I wanted to learn from. It was Bill Parcells.” – Tony Romo on the decision to sign with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent

“That would have been the best throw of my career – the biggest play of my career.” – Tony Romo on the pass to Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant against the Green Bay Packers in the 2014 playoffs

“That’s when I knew he was going to get a chance to play in the league.” – Bill Parcells on Tony Romo’s performance against the Seattle Seahawks in the 2006 preseason

“To me, that was the game as much as any other that personified what he was all about because it was that competitive spirit, that mental and physical toughness, and then the ability to make the critical plays at the critical moments.” – Jason Garrett on the Cowboys’ Week 2 win over the San Francisco 49ers in 2011

This year, the 11-episode season of the highly-acclaimed series A Football Life airs Friday at 8:00 PM ET. Below is a broadcast schedule for upcoming episodes of A Football Life:

  • October 5 – Willie McGinest
  • October 12 – Brian Dawkins
  • November 2 – Dwight Clark

 

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