The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files included an NFL connection.
Via TheAthletic.com, the documents reveal that Epstein connected Giants co-owner Steve Tisch Jeffrey with multiple women. Per the documents obtained by TheAthletic.com, Tisch received scouting reports on women from Epstein. They discussed whether certain women were “pro or civilian” or a “working girl.”
The emails were sent in 2013.
On Friday night, Tisch issued a statement confirming the past association with Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019.
“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy, and investments,” Tisch said, via Ralph Vacchiano of Fox Sports. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
It’s unclear whether any of the emails will result in NFL scrutiny of Tisch, or whether the league will launch its own investigation. The Personal Conduct Policy applies to all NFL and team employees and representatives.
The Giants have requested to interview Colts passing game coordinator Alex Tanney for their offensive coordinator position, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Tanney is a former Giants quarterback who played in New York from 2018-20.
He has served in his current role for two seasons.
Tanney began his NFL coaching career in 2021 with the Eagles. He was an offensive quality control coach for one season before becoming the assistant quarterbacks coach and offensive assistant in 2022 and then the quarterbacks coach in 2023.
The Giants are seeking a new offensive coordinator under John Harbaugh. They fired Mike Kafka, who was the team’s offensive coordinator and then interim head coach last season after the firing of Brian Daboll.
There’s another team with interest in Jim Bob Cooter to be their offensive coordinator.
Per Peter Schrager of ESPN, Cooter will meet with the Giants to discuss that team’s OC vacancy.
The Giants were likely to hire Todd Monken to be the club’s first offensive coordinator under new head coach John Harbaugh. But the Browns interrupted those plans by hiring Monken as their head coach. So now, the Giants will have to pivot.
Cooter has been with the Colts since 2023. He was previously an offensive coordinator with the Lions from 2016-2018. He’s also spent time with the Chiefs, Broncos, Jets, Eagles, and Jaguars.
Philadelphia has also expressed interest in Cooter as a potential option at offensive coordinator.
New York has reportedly requested an interview with Broncos passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Davis Webb as well.
Hall of Famer Michael Strahan has had an incredible, multi-platform, high-profile media career. He could soon be walking away from a big part of it.
Via Brendon Kleen of AwfulAnnouncing.com, Strahan recently hinted during an appearance on the New Heights podcast that he could be stepping away from Good Morning America.
Asked by Jason Kelce what’s next for Strahan’s career, he said without hesitation, “Retirement.”
“I love Fox,” Strahan added. “I truly love that. But you work so much, I want to go here, I want to go there, and I can’t do a lot of things because I’ve got these commitments and schedules and stuff. At this point, I have to look at time lived and time left.”
Strahan, 54, has taken a reduced role at GMA. But if/when he eventually retires from daytime TV, he won’t be giving up his in-season Sunday role with Fox NFL Sunday.
“I’m not just going to completely disappear,” Strahan said. “I’ll do Fox until they throw me off of Fox. I don’t want to be 80 years old on Fox, but I’ll stick around a little bit longer.”
Strahan surely doesn’t need the money. He’s made plenty. He’s now moving toward a point in his life where he can spend it.
And the key is time. As Strahan said, “Time lived and time left.”
It’s a decision we’ll all have to make at some point, if we’re lucky. For Strahan, it looks like partial retirement is on the horizon, if not closer.
The Titans are hiring Shea Tierney as their new quarterbacks coach, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media.
Tierney served in the same role on Brian Daboll’s coaching staff with the Giants, working with Daniel Jones, Jaxson Dart, Tommy DeVito and Russell Wilson, among others. His relationship with Daboll actually goes back to 2017 when both were at Alabama.
Tierney also worked with Daboll in Buffalo.
He is now charged with turning Cam Ward into the franchise quarterback the Titans expected him to become when they used the No. 1 overall pick on him last year.
Jordan Raanan of ESPN reports that offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo is also expected to follow Daboll from New York. Bricillo spent the past two seasons as the Giants’ offensive line coach and has also worked in that position for the Patriots and Raiders.
