NY Jets WAGS Have 'Zero Advice' for Taylor Swift Becoming a Football Wife

A pair of New York Jets’ wives praised Taylor Swift’s impact on the game of football, but admitted they might not be the best source of guidance if the pop star gets married to Travis Kelce. 

“I have zero advice for her,” Jessie Vera-Tucker, wife of Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, exclusively told Us Weekly. “She has a way busier life than I will ever have. If she’s made it this far managing that, she’s gonna be very good.”

Maranda Williams, the wife of Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, agreed that not all football wives are created out of the same mold.

“Whatever works for your household is going to work for your household,” Maranda said. “What works for me may not work for them. You just wish the person the best.”

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Maranda and Vera-Tucker star on Prime Video’s six-part docuseries The Home Team: NY Jets, which profiles their families’ lives on and off the field during the 2024-’25 season. 

While they might have any applicable advice for Swift, 35, both women gushed about what Swift’s support of football has done for the diversity of its fan base. 

“It’s bonding a lot of people,” Vera-Tucker said. “It’s more widespread. Even if you don’t care too much about what’s going on on the field, you have some type of interest in it now. I think it’s awesome.”

Jessie and Alijah Vera-Tucker. Prime Video

She added, “I like that some of my friends who didn’t care before, now we can talk about something.”

Maranda also thanked Swift for bringing some added shine to the NFL’s roster of wives and girlfriends. 

“She definitely brought a light to the significant others, too,” she said. “Because now people are like, ‘Oh, what goes on behind closed doors?’”

Quinnen Williams and Maranda Williams. Prime Video

As the women bask in that light, they both addressed the controversy surrounding the acronym “WAG,” short for “wives and girlfriends,” most frequently used to describe partners of professional athletes. 

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“The word has transitioned a lot, “ Maranda explained. “When [Quinnen] first got drafted in 2019 and I started being addressed as a WAG, I kind of felt offended. But I do think it has changed. When you understand what it is, it’s more of a positive than a negative. It’s just a quick way to say, ‘That person’s attached to an athlete.’ It’s not as negative as I thought it was.”

Vera-Tucker argued the word is “mostly used by people who aren’t the spouses of these athletes.”

“I think people on the outside are referring to people like that,” she said. “People in that position are like, ‘You know, I’m not necessarily the side character to my husband.’ I’m running the show behind the scenes. He’s on the field and I’m doing everything at home keeping us together.”

All six episodes of The Home Team: NY Jets — which also features Allen Lazard and his fiancée, Camila Escribens, Tyler Conklin and his wife, Scottie Conklin, Chuck Clark and his wife, Aysha Clark, and C.J. Mosley and his partner, Jamie Reiff — are available to stream now on Prime Video.