ESPN.com Kearney is both a high-ranking Allegheny County sheriff’s officer and, since 2001, the head of security for Pittsburgh’s iconic NFL franchise. In that role, he answers to president Art Rooney II, who oversaw Robert Mueller III’s recent investigation into the Ray Rice domestic violence incident alongside New York Giants president John Mara.

Last week all kinds of NFL players were getting arrested. Fortunatley this time there were no Steelers on the NFL’s Police Blotter, and that may be thanks to this guy, Allegheny County sheriff’s, Lt. Jack Kearney.

For years now Kearney has been using his experience and connections to put himself between Steelers player and Johnny Law. Most notably he beat detectives to Mike Adams hospital room to both brief Mike on how to answer the questions, as well as moving Adams’ truck, a key piece of evidence. Looks like he couldn’t help Leveon Bell and his troubles from last summer.

I’m sure this falls into that grey area of rule breaking, but its a genius move. Teams hire people to feed players like Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson with prepared answers for every interview they do. There’s a lot more players giving interview to police these days so might as well have a coach for this situation too.

From the players standpoint it’s also a nice guy to have in your wingman. Knowing what kind of evidence the police will try to find, he can navigate dicey situations, say maybe your franchise quarterback being accused of rape, and have a game plan to acquit players of any chargers.