NFL agent Sean Stellato became a star overnight.
With New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito enjoying a rapid rise to stardom, his agent subsequently rose to prominence this week on Monday Night Football.
ESPN cameras caught DeVito and his agent, who was rocking an all-black pinstripe suit, with a gold chain, fedora, and a white pocket square.
Stellato caught the attention of Peyton and Eli Manning on their Monday Night Football alternacast, garnering the nickname, “slimy.”
The following day, Sean Stellato called into Boomer and Gio on WFAN to dispute the nickname “Slimy.”
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“I don’t know if that’s just him being a southern dude, but you know what, I look at it as elegant,” Stellato said on the show. “I don’t understand where ‘Slimy’ comes from.
Stellato wasn’t overly upset by the nickname, more so confused and ready to cash in if either of the former Super Bowl MVPs were ready to take him up on his offer of a 40-yard dash challenge.
“I’m very curious, I’m not judgmental, so until he has a conversation with me… I met Peyton [Manning] at the Pro Bowl in the hotel when my long snapper Andrew DePaola was a Pro Bowler. I don’t know where that came in. But if Peyton wants to challenge me a 40-yard dash has something more and I happen to do that.”
Ultimately, Stellato took the comments in stride, saying that as a father of four girls, he takes pride in the work that he does.
As far as the Manning brothers’s characterization of him, Stellato thinks they watch too many movies.
“So, you know, I don’t know where that came from, but it is what it is,” he said. “I think you might have watched too much Goodfellas.”
DeVito helped the Giants defeat the Packers 24-22 by orchestrating a remarkable late fourth-quarter drive that resulted in a game-winning field goal.
Tommy DeVito threw for 158 yards while rushing for 71 on the ground as the New York Giants moved to 5-8 with a victory over the Green Bay Packers, marking their third straight win; the Packers dropped to 6-7 in a blow to their playoff pursuit.
