Tony Romo makes shocking return to TV on Pat McAfee ‘MNF’ alt-cast months after OWI arrest

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo made an unannounced return to television on Monday night, appearing remotely on Pat McAfee's "Monday Night Football" alt-cast on ESPN. McAfee introduced Romo as a "quarterback expert" during the second quarter of the broadcast. This marked Romo's first media appearance following his July operating while intoxicated arrest in Wisconsin and subsequent departure from CBS Sports.

Romo and CBS officially parted ways on October 2, settling the remaining four years and $72 million of his contract, with J.J. Watt taking his place alongside Jim Nantz. Romo had been placed on leave following the release of police body camera footage from his July 23 arrest, after which he pleaded no contest to the OWI charge in September.