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Question #44: G-Men or Gang Green?

August

It’s still hard for me to fathom the Giants’ petty jealousy over the attention the Jets and Brett Favre have gotten since Favre landed from Green Bay.

The Jets envy the Giants for their rings and their VinceÂ Lombardi Trophy, the Giants envy the Jets for the hype.

That was the idea behind a column I wrote off of last night’s yawner of a preseason game at Giants Stadium, which you can read by clicking here.Â

So the question today is about those things, and about which team you think will do better? And how do you define better? In other words, the Jets can improve to 10-6 or 9-7, from 4-12, and lose in the first round and it will be a huge improvement—although you can be certain that will be seen as a disaster when it happens. The Giants can go 13-3 and lose in the NFC Championship game or the Super Bowl, and they won’t match what they did last year.

So how do you quantify that?

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm by Carp. |

One Response to “Question #44: G-Men or Gang Green?”

sunny615 August 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I think the Giants will fare better than the Jets this year as far as record goes. The Giants won it all, and that ring will always be theirs. They’ve accomplished something very few teams can do. In terms of their success, the only way for them to get “better” is to win it all again, and do it in convicing fashion.

But to me, really, better – is winning it all. Plain and simple… probably because I’m a simple fan. An improvement from 4-12 to 10-6 isn’t what I would consider a successfor the Jets. Sure the Jets got “better” but they still didn’t win a ring. In pro sports, that’s pretty much the measure of success. Look at the Pats. 18-1. Was their season considered a success? Not by a lot of people. They went undefeated in the regular season. Smoked everyone in the playoffs. But they lost THE big game. The Pats will be remembered more for their 1 than their 18.

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