Jeff Allen says Andy Reid is the GOAT, talks landing on Oprah’s Favorite Things list, his budding cookie empire

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Sports, Football

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, former Super Bowl champion and offensive lineman Jeff Allen joins Peanut and Roman.

Jeff takes it back to his roots in Chicago, where he began his football journey at King College Prep. He reflects on what it was like growing up in the city and the stark contrast between Chicago’s football culture and the football-obsessed environment of Texas. Jeff also shares his improbable rise from a zero-star high school recruit to making it to the NFL.

The conversation turns to the infamous 2013 Wild Card matchup between the Chiefs and Colts, where Jeff opens up about the emotional rollercoaster of blowing a 28-point lead, a memory that still stings.

He talks about what it was like playing under Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and shares where he ranks Reid on his personal list of the greatest head coaches of all time. Jeff then goes on to tell the story of how Reid called him to talk him out of retirement and how he ultimately earned a Super Bowl ring in 2019 despite being released midseason.

Now in his second act, Jeff dives into his entrepreneurial journey with Cookie Society, the gourmet cookie brand he co-founded with his wife. He shares the hilarious story of posing as the company’s PR rep to communicate with Oprah’s team, an email that led to Cookie Society being featured on Oprah’s Favorite Things list. Jeff also gets candid about the challenges of building a business and what he's learned along the way.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.6	What's up, everybody?
0:11.9	I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL players second act's podcast.
0:16.4	And with me, as always, my Trits co-host, Mr. Roman Harbor.
0:19.6	What's up, baby?
0:19.9	What's up, man?
0:20.3	How are you doing, Peanut? Really excited about the guests that we have today and then also just this uh this taj mhal that we're in right now in the middle of friscoe texas uh the star uh jerry jones and the dallas cowboys allowing us to be here to interview some of their greatest and finest people around the area and it's uh i got to i got to, I got to admit I'm very, very impressed what we see today. Yeah. Let's get right into it. Uh, our guest right now played nine seasons with the Chiefs, won a Super Bowl. He and his wife Marissa now have a cookie empire called the Cookie Society. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the pod, Mr. Jeff.
0:54.6	All right.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:55.5	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:57.0	You know, you're not telling me, the Chicago legend.
1:00.1	No.
1:00.5	As a kid growing up in Chicago, man, I want to give you your flowers.
1:03.9	Appreciate what you did for the city.
1:05.7	A kid that grew up on the south side, you gave me hope, so appreciate that.
1:08.6	Oh, man, I received that.
1:09.6	Roman, I watched you too, man. The connection went there, but you've had
1:12.6	great here my whole life. So, you know, you're awesome. You're an awesome guy. You're an awesome guy, man. You guys are unbelievable polished at this media thing. So appreciate y'all having me. Oh, man, Jeff, man, appreciate that, man. I knew you were a big fan of Pina. I mean, the moment you met him,
1:27.6	that's the first thing you said when you walked in was like, dude, big fan of yours.
1:31.0	Shock, man. I knew you were a big fan of Pina. I mean, the moment you met him, that's the first thing you said when you walked in was like, dude, big fan of yours. Shock, Chicago. So shout out you guys, man. And what you're doing off the field has been amazing. So I want to jump into that. Before we get into all that, though, I want to talk about your newest adventure in your life. I heard you had a baby girl on what was the date? February 17th around that.
1:46.7	January 17th.
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