Sean Stellato

Toronto?

Und einer von ihnen ist die Mets, ein dritter Team. Ich meine, er ist gut ohne Toronto.

Well, because you're a trained assassin whose job it is to bury him. And he knows it.

Wie realistisch ist das Deion Sanders-Stuff in Dallas?

That means none.

I'm ready to move on. You are? Yeah, I am. Absolutely. Yeah, it's been a disappointment. The guy they wanted was, the guy they thought they were getting, that high-level, great quarterback, was supposed to be last season, and he tore his Achilles, four plays in, and now he's just a 40-year-old quarterback coming off an Achilles there, and I've seen enough. I don't want him anymore.

Yeah, yeah, Super Bowl.

How many times this season alone has your husband fired Nick Sirianni?

The Chiefs are laughing at them.

Yes, I do.

Sean, get her in the Hall of Fame. Let's go. Without a doubt, Diane.

Thank you.

Du fragst etwas, das Greg Cody sehr wichtig ist. Seine journalistische Kredibilität.

Du könntest für den Herald und Ruf of the Dolphins in Ruhe sein. Niemand kümmert sich um dich. Ja, aber ich kümmere mich um dich. Okay, das ist alles, was wichtig ist. Er kümmert sich um dich, aber er hat es falsch gemacht.

Du bist für dich selbst, um richtig zu sein.

He's making that turn that Tony was talking about.

Greg Cody war hier zwei Stunden nach dem Show gestern, um das Interview zu machen. Das ist ein guter Job von Greg. Er kümmert sich um seine Zuschauer.

So don't go to the games.

Das ist so ein guter Job von dir, Greg, weil du sagst, dass einige deine Sanität beantworten könnten. Aber ich bin nicht einer von ihnen. Ich nenne dich wütend.

How about Barry Larkin's kid? Shane Larkin?

It's,

You get Florio for texting, and here you are just waving.

The agent has an agent?

Thank you.

A guy spilled pasta sauce all over my leg walking in here.

He was a fake. He had an actual dish. Right. And it's sauce, but it was a string, and then he pulled it back.

He got me. I said, dude, what if I was Joe Pesci in Goodfellas? Wait a minute.

No, I'm not. But who knows? You never know if I got to turn into that animal, right?

Yeah.

No, outside, coming in.

I got a guy that handles that. All right. He does wear a leather jacket.

You know what? Everything's above board, but I definitely got a team around me. Yeah. Got Cousin Vito and Uncle Angelo and all that good stuff. I'm trying to. Get situated with these things. I think we're good.

I don't think that's happening. You know what? My hairdresser, she screwed up. She gave me a monk haircut, so I'm going to hold off. I'm just kidding.

Yeah, I'm good. You know what? I just did this with one of the Boston stations.

Yeah, I feel good.

Zolak, he gave me the Heisman many years. And then finally, I said, you know, he reached out. I was like, all right, you know what? I don't have no grudges or anything.

I said, it is the hometown, even though I kind of immigrated more to New York. Sure. But New York has been great. I love New York.

I appreciate it. I got a really good Vincenzo jersey guy. Right. He did it up. It is Bill's theme color. We thought the Bills were getting there. I know.

Yeah, it doesn't. You know, it was a month out. At the end of the day, it's not as bad as a tattoo, right? Right, yeah. How many Mama Lukes? They end up getting tattoos on them with a logo. What are you doing?

Yeah, the suit can come off. And it's got the Super Bowl logo inside of it. Nice. And you know what? It's the Bills theme, and it all goes hand in hand.

You know, PXG is a great partner. You know, obviously, the whole balance in Zen is important to me and self-care. PXG turns me from a free agent to a first-rounder in terms of golf. That club, I mean, it does a lot of the work.

They are. Absolutely. Yes. It's the secret weapon. Right. I mean, it's just in their golf pro that when I went in, I mean, he held my hand. He really completely transformed my swing.

My speed. But I feel like the PXG is the secret weapon. Yeah. You know, I got a guy, obviously, for other things. Of course you do. PXG's my guy for golf. Right. And I have a huge draft party every year. Right. So up at the Ferncroft Country Club in Middleton, 18 holes, celebrity golf. Years past, I lost a lot of balls. This year, I think with the PXGs, we're going to get it done.

But some of my guys, Tommy, Cam Lewis, have also used the clubs, and they love it, and it's helping them drastically.

Wow. Wow. Okay. April 24th.

Seriously.

You guys can set up either, I mean, if you want to play a little bit.

Play and work. Okay. That's a bet.

We can get the details. We'll exchange info. And you've got to bring the cannolis, though.

Well, Mike's Pastry, which is the mecca of Boston bakeries, they'll do most of the desserts. Then we have Tuscan Kitchen, which is great. So I'm a big foodie.

Well, Tommy DeVito asked me, he said, are you the only agent that has an agent? And I'm like, no. It's incredible. I said, Tommy, I said, you know me. There's no way that I would let some, I gotta do. I mean, it's almost like a condition with negotiating. Like certain people, you guys love what you do, and I feed off negotiating. I mean, that's so important.

But yeah, I mean, look, the whole viral thing has been amazing. You know, for my clients, because the Rolodex off the field went to another level.

And it's been great for certain guys, maybe that didn't have Tommy's folk hero status, you know, that are really talented and have unique brands but don't get the exposure. Yeah, there's been a lot of, you know, some collaboration. I'm working on a TV project as well that I'm excited about.

Yes.

Yeah, it has been. It has been. I'm very fortunate. One Nectar, great brand right here.

Yeah. This thing, I'm going to give you that. This is going to be a secret weapon.

It's a little caffeine right there. You know, you travel, you don't know what type of espresso you're going to get down here. Right. You know, so this isn't going to disappoint. It's just a little caffeine you pop in with your PXG putter.

I just did. I looked at 12 o'clock. I said, oh, no. I got to undercut the linebacker on this dig route to get to the other side so Tommy can feed me.

You know what?

Like I mentioned before, I mean, your grandmother had a sauce.

I mean, it's like an Italian thing. You don't disclose. But a couple things. I was on the red carpet last year at the ESPN NFL Honors, and I had a young girl interview me, and she asked me a bunch of questions. One question was like, if you could change closets for the day, who would it be with? I said, the Pope. And I said, I love his look. I love to be able to anoint. The Pope's look.

I forgot about that. And I had a dear friend that's based in Italy. She was phenomenal, and the stars aligned. But, you know, my job, it's so action-packed, you know, 100 miles an hour all the time. Sitting in St. Peter's Square, I was able to really take a step back and really reflect. St. Sebastian is my patriotic saint of athletes.

I'm sitting next to a priest and he's like, I had my tie on with my medal of St. Sebastian. He's like, have you been to the catacombs of St. Sebastiano? And I was like, what's that? And he's like, it's where he was executed and his tomb and blah, blah, blah. 30-minute cab ride after the Pope, I go there and I go through 2,000-year-old tunnels. And I go to where he was executed.

And then I go back through tunnels and up and just had a cleansing moment there for everything that went down for Tommy, million to one, did what he did and having a chance to have an audience with the Pope. And then St. Sebastian is a saint I've prayed to. I give coins to all my guys. I know I'm going off a little bit on the Pope, but Italy is just a breathtaking euphoria. Were you nervous?

You know what? I was because I had an entire conversation with him in Italian. So I didn't want to butcher it. I don't speak fluent Italian by any means. And I gifted him a Wilson custom football that had the Vatican coat of arms on it. Of course you did. I had to go.

Yeah, you know what? I gave him.

I would have. That's this year. We're going to have to talk about it.

We can talk to everyone. But I gave him that. I gave him that. Regalo. Ah, yes. He was very... We locked eyes, and, you know, Adam Schefter put it out, which was cool.

And my mom and dad were just blown away.

That was quite just a surreal moment. But, yeah, it was pretty sweet. But I didn't get to golf, obviously, over in Italy, which was kind of a bummer.

Yeah, exactly.

Find the positives. That is... And the photo that was taken, you know, was just like, it was epic.

Like, it was really.

Crazy. Yes. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

You know, I said, great to meet you, your holiness. You know, I am, what I do, I'm a sports agent for Football Americano.

Um, and that my grandparents were born in Italy and I had a regalo, a gift. And he just said, thank you for doing what you do with glorifying God with your work. And it was just, um, it was pretty, pretty special. Yeah. Um, that's cool. It was cool. Cause you know, you, you, you think about it, the agent business, it's so, uh, it's like the tower of terror. It's so high, low, and it's,

I call Drew the OG. So Drew's the pioneer. I don't know. He's done well. But, you know, like Mahomes and Brady and all the greats, you create your own path.

You know, you try to, you know, follow your bliss and service your guys. And if you have an American Idol moment, you know, it's just crazy how it all transpired. But I've been the same guy. Everybody's like, you know, oh, this is an act or whatever. And I've been wearing fedoras. You know, my grandfather, Pasquale, I wear it in his honor.

Always. If you go through the IG, that's what my wife was getting a kick out of. You know, people would just, you know, the trolls, whatever, saying whatever. But just like when you're playing, you know, you don't listen to the noise. You just go in there locked in, and that's it. Control what you can control.

You know, the Patriots, I had a lot of guys with the Pats. I had 14 guys win rings with the Patriots. Wow. And they, you know, their roster, if you looked at when they were winning Super Bowls, Brady took the hometown discount. They seldom ever really overpaid a player. So I would say the Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys.

Yes. Because Dallas, you have layers with Jerry, with Steven, with Adam.

Everything's funneled up to him. Okay. Yeah, so I did that with Alfred Morris, and that really, you know, took a lot of digging deep and, you know, really just coming up with a game plan, sticking to it, and sometimes you got to go that better, best alternative to a negotiation, which is having... Because, look, I mean, they got all the resources, all the bells and whistles. Of course, right.

But we come in there with some unique... you know, moves ourself that we're able to hit them and negotiations. And I thought it was a – I thought we definitely – they met some concessions, and at the end of the day, you know, we got it done. But, you know, obviously there's times when leverage, as we know how important that is.

It's market value. So it's always trying to, you know, be a cheerleader or convey a lot of those, you know, quantifiable traits that you try to – you know, bring value to that. A lot of teams might not say, okay, Hey, we don't put a big premium on this, but, um, you know, that you're not getting the statistics or those analytics can't be used, but there's value in other areas.

Um, so, but, uh, whether that, or even, you know, negotiating on little things, you know, you just like to negotiate. I just like to negotiate, you know, it's, uh, it's, it's something, I don't know. I really gravitated to through the years. Um, And I think my guys really see the value in that.

That I'm not going to leave a nickel on the table.

Yeah. And not try to do it in a way where the next time around you're going to get air hold.

Wow, that's a great question. You know, I mean, I had an agent that stole a player, Andy Sims. Probably at first I wanted to challenge him to a three-round celebrity boxing match. But, I mean, someone, a GM said you would have put him in the hospital and you don't know if he would have left. But, you know, I'd probably say him. I mean, you know, it is what it is. I don't count.

You know what it is? I don't count the losses, count the wins. It's unfortunate things like that happen, but it is what it is. I'm in a good place. I got the great guys on the bus. You met the Pope.

That's what I'm saying.

You have an agent. If there's anything that's ever went wrong, and I truly believe there's an experience in all those things.

At the end of the day, I believe God puts the right people in your life at the right time, and that's... what I've been able to do. And, you know, Tommy's been just an unbelievable client. But I got a lot of great clients. You know, Fatou Melifano is another third-round pick with the Lions. You know, he's getting ready for next month. Just that could go on.

And Andrew DePaula, talking about, he's my Jerry Maguire story.

Three-time Pro Bowler, the best long snapper in the NFL. Awesome. And blue-collar kid, too. Just humble. And that's the guys I want to be around. Yep. But it doesn't matter how many times I get to meet the Pope, I'm still the same guy. Grew up, eight of us, three-bedroom house, slept on a cot. And I got the right core values, and I got a good village, a good team under me.

So we'll see where this thing goes, man.

A good bunch of guys.

I see you got a good book right there, Stu Gatz.

No, I'm going to wear it next year when they get to the Super Bowl. Okay, good. But he might do the lining.

Yeah, I do.

I mean, I just don't understand. I feel like I'm in a music video or something. I'm getting ready to stop. Reruns. But I just think it's crazy. It's like fourth and one. I mean, that was clearly a first down.

I was sitting directly across.

I mean, I don't want to blame it on the refs.

I mean, that's what you do. I think David Portnoy, El Presidente, he came out. He had a perfect narrative that he put out.

But I think he lied. He said he'll never watch the NFL again. I don't think that's the case.

Oh, the Jets. I did see some funny video about a Chinese guy. He was getting kicked in the private bike. He was wearing a cup and they kept on kicking and kicking and kicking. And they said, this is a Jets fan.

I was like, geez.

Love the Green Lantern, Wayne Corbett. That was one of my guys I tried to emulate my game after.

He was a talented guy.

You can pull up the highlights. They don't lie. Oh, really? You know, I had a little game. I'm playing tomorrow night in a celebrity flag football game with Terrell Owens. Look at you. Odell Beckham Jr.

All for the military. Slot receiver. Yep, slot receiver. Tracy McGrady, RG3.

Where is it?

It's going to be at, it's at a, damn, I'm on my phone. It's at a high school, local high school stadium. What? Tomorrow night, 7 o'clock. Celebrity Sweat puts it on. If you want to. It's Super Bowl week. You guys are down.

If you're down, I promise we won't disappoint.

I'll text you if you need tickets. I put them down. They'll be under your name.

And, yeah, we'll.

I'll make sure. Without a doubt.

Now, didovese.

Didovese.

Where's your family from in Italy?

Everybody. It's all about family. It's about fashion.

Faith.

Jono. We're going to call him Jono. Jono. There you go. I'm anointing you as Paisan today. I'm no longer Jewish. It's just like that. How about that? Amazing. So you got the nickname?

Remember?

They just asked me, I do, Wichita ESPN asked me what was my favorite Sopranos episode. Not the last one. I said my least favorite one was the last one. I said there was so many of them. I remember a funny one, I got an ab workout. Vito sat in the chair and broke it, and it was rolling on the ground.

It was pretty funny.

You know what? I do remember. I love you, man. I appreciate it, brother. I do remember when Tony Soprano was on the golf course with Junior, and Junior was going down south, and he started talking about sushi, and that was actually hitting from both sides of the rough.

I might need one of these. Take it. This is my Siena Sicily. We're going to go gold.

You had me at hello.

No doubt. Okay. All right.

He was small. And I like Wilbur.

You were happy this Adam. No, no. I have a 12-year-old son.

Is she a good singer for real?