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Already largely reviled among his own fanbase, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson — recently and numerously mentioned in the Epstein files — is now drawing ire from the rest of the NFL world for his role in killing the NFLPA’s annual report cards.
According to reports from earlier this week, the NFL informed all 32 teams today in a memo that it had won its grievance against the NFLPA, with an arbitrator determining that its yearly “team report cards” violated the CBA and ordered the NFLPA to stop making public any future report cards.
Last year, the New York Jets were the only team in the NFL to receive an outright “F” grade, leading Johnson to push for them to be banned, with ESPN reporting that he was the one “behind getting them stopped.”
The NFL world is fed up with New York Jets owner Woody Johnson after he led the charge to get the NFLPA’s report cards killed
Given Woody Johnson’s mentions in the Epstein files, however, NFL fans were quick to make the connection between the suppression of certain documents.
Shockingly, Woody Johnson, a man IN THE EPSTEIN FILES, wants certain documents containing his name redacted and hidden from the general public https://t.co/N1yjwhnEXa
— Gavin 🐁 (@Gavin2Hell) February 13, 2026
https://t.co/pUAwwd8wE8 pic.twitter.com/r4H0KU5K60
— Gavin 🐁 (@Gavin2Hell) February 13, 2026
In the Epstein files, a woman named “Stephanie” emailed Epstein in 2011 to tell him he had two reserved seats to a function that included Johnson. Additionally, Johnson’s name appears in a Justice Department graph that lists him as someone with “strong connections” to Epstein.
NY Jets owner Woody Johnson is in Epstein Files 41 times. pic.twitter.com/D1No1ov8Li
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 9, 2026
In addition to Johnson, New York Giants owner Steve Tisch was also repeatedly mentioned in the Epstein files, with his name appearing more than 400 times, including direct communications between the two about women.