Emmanuel Acho denies knowledge of NFL investigation into ‘Big Dom’ DiSandro

Emmanuel Acho insists the NFL hasn’t reached out to him at all about the investigation his own story apparently kicked off.

In August, Acho was on his Speakeasy podcast with LeSean McCoy, discussing Shanahan’s car accident, in which a police report initially blamed the other driver before the 49ers coach came forward weeks later and admitted fault. Acho said the story resonated with him because something almost identical happened during his own playing career. He described rear-ending another car on his way to practice, calling his team’s head of security immediately, and being told to sit tight for a second officer, who arrived and pinned the blame on the other driver instead.

“He says, Acho, when the cop shows up, send the cop away. I’m going to send you another cop, and that other cop is going to say it wasn’t your fault; it was their fault,” Acho recalled the security official telling him. “I was like, ‘Wait, they do that?’ So I hit him; cop comes up, ‘Hey, is everything good?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah, everything’s good, don’t worry about it, somebody’s gonna come here.’ That cop leaves. We send another cop. The other cop that comes to document says that she’s at fault.”

Acho said he didn’t feel bad about how it played out, especially since the other driver later claimed she and her daughter were injured once she learned Acho played professional football. According to Acho, his team’s head of security offered the woman two tickets and signed jerseys, and the injury claims disappeared.

The anecdote didn’t stay contained to the podcast for long, though.

Weeks later, Eagles reporter Derrick Gunn posted on X that the NFL was still investigating Philadelphia’s head of security, Dom DiSandro, over the remarks Acho made on Speakeasy back in early August. Gunn noted that Acho, who played for three NFL teams, never mentioned a name, even as public speculation converged on DiSandro, who has overseen Eagles security since 1999 and doubles as a senior adviser to general manager Howie Roseman.

“The NFL is still investigating Eagles head of security Dom DiSandro based on comments made by Emmanuel Acho on his Speakeasy Podcast back in early August … Acho who played for 3 NFL teams never mentioned a name . But it has been widely speculated he was referring to Big Dom “

— Gunn On One with Derrick Gunn (@GunnOnOne) September 9, 2026

On the latest episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes asked Acho whether the league had reached out to him about the investigation.

“Of course not. Why would I? Ain’t nobody under investigation to my knowledge,” he said. “There’s so much bias showing in everybody assuming I’m talking about the Eagles. That’s the craziest part of this all. The amount of bias that is being shown in the assumption of the Eagles is wild to me. But of course not. Go watch the clip and actually understand the context of the conversation. It was the Kyle Shanahan piece. Based on what’s occurring with Kyle Shanahan, now as a storyteller, now as somebody in media, I could understand how this could happen, because this type of stuff does indeed happen. But everybody assuming I’m talking about the Eagles, I’m like, y’all telling on y’allselves. So anyway, no, I haven’t heard from the NFL, and I wouldn’t hear from the NFL, because this is 12 years ago and is a whopping nothingburger.”

If the NFL really is investigating DiSandro over Acho’s story, Acho says there’s no reason he’d know anything about it. He maintains he wasn’t talking about the Eagles at all, just using his own experience to explain why the Shanahan situation didn’t strike him as unusual the way it apparently struck everyone else. And based on how he talked about it, he isn’t expecting a call from the league anytime soon, or particularly interested in one.