If you kept waiting for Al Michaels or Cris Collinsworth to raise the specter of Tony Romo as Dak Prescott and the Cowboys offense limped home in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants, you were not alone. If you kept waiting for a camera to show Tony Romo looking forlorn on the sideline, you weren't alone.

The Twitterverse exploded Sunday night. You would have thought Prescott was 1-11 as the starting Cowboys quarterback instead of 11-1 and Romo had three Super Bowls rings.

But there was not a word on NBC's Sunday Night Football about Romo until just over 1 minute remained. It was a fleeting reference. There was never a camera shot in the fourth quarter.

The broadcasters and production crew decided to leave the topic to sports talk radio, which most assuredly will jump on it and squeeze it all week.

"Dez [Bryant] has not caught a pass," Michaels said as the clock ticked to less than four minutes remaining.

And when Dez Bryant did latch on to his first catch with 2:13 left, he disastrously fumbled the ball away.

"Bryant finally makes a catch and coughs it up," Michaels said.

At the two-minute warning, NBC offered a glimpse of Prescott on the sideline.

When the Cowboys got the ball back on their 3-yard line with 1:06 remaining, Collinsworth said, "If Dak Prescott is going to be the [NFL] MVP, he'll have to take them 97 yards."

One incomplete pass later, Michaels simply said Romo and league-leading rusher Ezekiel Elliott were not in the game. No discussion.

Two incomplete passes later, Prescott and the Cowboys faced fourth down.

Incomplete to Bryant.

In the 13th game of his NFL career, Prescott looked like a rookie fourth-round draft choice in a 10-7 loss to the Giants.

"This was some defensive performance," Collinsworth gushed, referring to the Giants. He called it "something special."

An NBC camera caught a glimpse of Bryant on the bench.

As for Romo, it was as if NBC decided he should be in witness protection.