The New York Jets "host" the New York Giants Saturday in the teams' first regular-season bout since coach Rex Ryan took over the Jets two and a half years ago.
While the Giants have put out the overall better product over the past decade, the Jets have been the better team in the Ryan era. The Giants missed the playoffs the last two years while the Jets played in consecutive conference championship games.
On Christmas Eve, the two metropolitan New York teams will have a chance to settle the score in their brand new shared MetLife Stadium.
"It’s going to be ridiculous. You know it’s going to be…that’s a war," Ryan told the media after the Jets' loss Sunday. "Whoever loses is probably out, and the fact is that we’re both fighting for our playoff lives. But to say that there won’t be any extra incentive is not right. I mean obviously, there’s going to be extra incentive, extra motivation. You go to the same restaurants, you go to the … whatever, guys date the same girls, I don’t know."
The Giants lead the all-time heads-up series with the Jets, 7-4, and have won the last four in a row, spanning over the last 15 years. The Jets fell to the Giants, 35-24, the last time the teams met in 2007.
"We know what it’s all about," Ryan said. "You want to own your town, you got to win that game. It’s funny how when the league came together, they probably thought there was a possibility that this kind of game would exist, they put it late in the season and everybody’s going to put all their chips in and we’re going to see what happens."
While the Giants have put out the overall better product over the past decade, the Jets have been the better team in the Ryan era. The Giants missed the playoffs the last two years while the Jets played in consecutive conference championship games.
On Christmas Eve, the two metropolitan New York teams will have a chance to settle the score in their brand new shared MetLife Stadium.
"It’s going to be ridiculous. You know it’s going to be…that’s a war," Ryan told the media after the Jets' loss Sunday. "Whoever loses is probably out, and the fact is that we’re both fighting for our playoff lives. But to say that there won’t be any extra incentive is not right. I mean obviously, there’s going to be extra incentive, extra motivation. You go to the same restaurants, you go to the … whatever, guys date the same girls, I don’t know."
The Giants lead the all-time heads-up series with the Jets, 7-4, and have won the last four in a row, spanning over the last 15 years. The Jets fell to the Giants, 35-24, the last time the teams met in 2007.
"We know what it’s all about," Ryan said. "You want to own your town, you got to win that game. It’s funny how when the league came together, they probably thought there was a possibility that this kind of game would exist, they put it late in the season and everybody’s going to put all their chips in and we’re going to see what happens."
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