Head coach Joe Judge of the Giants during a scrimmage at MetLife Stadium on Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Joe Judge was just a kid answering the phones. He was a graduate assistant at Mississippi State working in the office of special teams coordinator Amos Jones, and on occasion he would spend a few minutes chatting with the various people who would call in throughout the week.
One of those people was a young defensive coordinator for the Vikings named Mike Tomlin.
"Amos would say: ‘Grab that phone and talk to Mike for a minute,’ " Judge recalled.