Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is in his first season in the booth after retiring from the NFL. The 37-year-old is set to broadcast the AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars for CBS Sports alongside play-by-play veteran Jim Nantz on Sunday.

Still, during a conference call on Tuesday, Romo admitted that he does miss playing, according to Drew Davison of the Star-Telegram.

“You always miss it a little bit,” Romo said. “I think it’s just human nature when you do something for whatever, 20 years of your life, you’re going to miss parts of it.

“I know I didn’t miss up waking up on Mondays, taking your time getting out of bed. That was a little easier when the kids run and jump on your bed, get yourself up and going.”

This is a normal feeling for Romo to have given that he's less than a year removed from making the decision to retire after 13 seasons, all spent with the Dallas Cowboys. What likely makes it harder is that he will be covering a conference championship game, which is a stage that he never reached over his career. In just four trips to the playoffs, Romo had three divisional round appearances, failing reach time to advance.

During the high points of career, Romo was one of the league's top quarterbacks, finishing his career as the Cowboys' leader with 34,183 passing yards, 248 touchdowns passes, a 97.1 passer rating, a 65.3 completion percentage, and seven 3,000-yard passing campaigns.

Although Romo has stated he misses playing, he has quickly cemented himself as one of the top broadcast analysts alongside Nantz. He has quickly applied his insight and knowledge of the game to smoothly adjust to his new career post in the NFL.

Ultimately, this type of connection to the game may never change, but he has clearly found comfort in the broadcast booth.