Over the last month or so, the two hottest teams in the NFL for the most part have been the New York Giants, and, surprisingly, the New York Jets.
The Giants, at 10-1, have looked twice as good as they were while winning the Super Bowl last year, and the Jets, at 8-3, are riding high during a current five game winning streak.
Since these two teams are playing quite possibly the best football throughout the league, they are currently in the top two power sports in many experts’ power rankings, and nobody seems to be able to even give these two teams a close game recently.
As a result, many are thinking that the Super Bowl may be a Giants and Jets showdown later this season. The talk is everywhere, nobody can escape it, and this has the whole New York area practically doing cartwheels over their respective teams.
Even though it is hard to repeat, many think that the Giants are the team to beat, and because of the Giants amazing ride through the postseason last year, when they caught fire at the right time, many think that the Jets this year are the new Giants.
The real question is this: Will the Giants be playing the Jets in Super Bowl XLIII, with Bruce Springsteen performing at halftime (for better or worse), which will truly make the Super Bowl a sporting spectacle for the New York and New Jersey area?
The answer is an astounding yes.
First, let us look at the Giants. At 10-1 currently, they are playing the best football throughout the entire league. They have been opponents’ worse nightmares, and, as simple as it can be put, nobody can match up with them.
With Eli Manning continuing his rapid development into one of the best Quarterbacks’ in the league, with the three-headed rushing monster that is Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward, and Ahmad Bradshaw, and with an amazing defense, nobody wants to play the Giants at this point.
In addition, the team is playing their best football against the best opponents. Currently entrenched in a schedule that is simple murder week in and week out, they are stepping up to the plate, and are knocking opponents out of the park to say the least. They do not play a team not in contention the rest of the way either, but this is not fazing this team currently.
They are beating the best the NFL has to throw at them currently, and as long as they get home field advantage throughout the playoffs, which will probably be the case, they will be very hard to beat come playoff time.
Nobody will be able to go into New York in the middle of the winter and beat the Giants without a perfect game.
The issue here is that it is almost impossible to play a perfect game. Every bounce has to go the other team’s way, and if it does not, the Giants will probably be heading back to the Super Bowl for the second straight season.
Meanwhile, the Jets are the talk of the league right now. In the past two weeks, they have beaten both the Patriots and the Titans in their buildings, and, the rest of the way, their schedule is one that is rather easy.
The Jets could very well run the table and go into the playoffs at 13-3, and quite possibly, they could get home field advantage throughout the playoffs as well.
Even if they do not though, who can beat them? At this point, they have beaten the best that the AFC has to offer, and as long as the hold the fort down and play smart football, they will probably be very hard to beat as well.
There is one factor going against the Jets though, and this is their history of blowing games that they should win. Early in the season, this did happen, as games against the Raiders and the Chargers demonstrated (although they probably should not have had a chance in that game anyway, the Chargers are a mediocre team at best).
Brett Favre is playing smart football now though, and he has taken the Jets on his back. In addition, the man did not come back for anything less than another Super Bowl ring.
In all likelihood, he will continue to carry this talented team, and he will carry them all the way to Tampa Bay.
This will set up a match up for the ages against the Giants.
For fear of jinxing this any further though, a score will not be given here. Let it happen first, then we can start the talk about this game more.
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about 1 month ago
-bring it on!!!
all Jets fans want this matchup and the Jets Jersey steamroller is coming into your town to lay down the asphalt.
Do the Giants really want to play a team that just steamrolled a undefeated?
The Jets are the hotter team right now. ---Jets---> Defense ---> laying it down flat -----------
---Jets--->
from about 1 month ago
warning:
This is the type of game that can break-up marriages, turn friend to foe, or even split a stadium.
=the ramifications of this game are almost too large to quantify. (NY Jets ---> NJ Jets)
You have been warned.
from about 1 month ago
Giants best an undefeated team last year.. I think it might have even been a MEANINGFUL game too? The Patriots last year were one of the most dominant teams to ever take the field. The Titans almost lost to the Raiders.... Sad, no? And the Jets DID lose to the Raiders. Giants would dominate any game against the Jets.
about 1 month ago
HEY listen Farvie! Did you forget that the Giants beat an undefeated team LONG BEFORE the Jets ever had a chance to beat the Titans, and you only beat them in the REGULAR season? How in the HELL can you forget about Superbowl 42, the BIGGEST game of all! The Giants physically manhandled them, maybe not score-wise, but physically, just ask Tom Brady. Don't forget that the undefeated Titans weren't HALF the team the then-undefeated, record-setting, best-offense-in-league-history 2007 Patriots were. I can understand your optimism, but to say " Do the Giants really want to play a team that just steamrolled an undefeated? The Jets are the hotter team right now." That is not a very smart thing to say.
The Giants have been hot and dominant since JANUARY and never looked back, minus the Cleveland aberration. They have said and have proven to be STILL hungry for ANOTHER title, and have faced tougher teams than the Jets have, and always got every team's BEST shot because the Giants are the Champs! Yet we keep winning like it's another day at the office. Consider that when you wonder if the Giants are afraid of the hot JETS...i would bet against it. Antonio Pierce might just laugh and say everything i just said, then Brandon Jacobs would proceed to pound everyone into oblivion LOL.
Face it, YOU've been warned.
from about 1 month ago
don't just sing it -bring it! Beating the Cardinals by 8 is not enough. -Show me something.
If you think the Jets are going to "lay-down" for the Giants you are dead wrong. That is the same attitude that caused the Tennessians to get steamrolled. How do you expect to beat the Jets with an attitude like that?
I honestly don't understand the Patriots type -When they lose they try to make excuses. -No wonder why a team like that is not even a WildCard right now. Excuses will not win you games in the NFL.
With an attitude like yours the Giants will lose by 20. -and appreciate the fact I am being generous and maybe spotting you 10pts in my assumption.
New Jersey SteamRoller 2008 ---> Jets ---> Believe it!
about 1 month ago
as much as i would like to see a NY/NY Superbowl I just get the feeling that this is not gonna happen....I agree that the Jets and Giants are both the teams to beat in their respective divisions but come playoff time anything can happen
about 1 month ago
Farvie, Did you read ANYTHING i wrote other than the end of my comment to see what i really think of all this? YOU're the one that started talking trash and calling the Giants out and their fans like if the Jets were the top dawgs and not the Giants. I NEVER said or suggested that the Jets would lay down to us. Unlike most, i don't have double-meanings with what i say!
For once(since winning the Superbowl), i am CONFIDENT that the Giants can play with anybody in any type of game, because they have proven time and time again that they can actually do that, with or without injuries. Oh, and for your information, the Giants don't have to show or prove ANYTHING to the Jets, cause THEY are the 10-1 Defending Champs, just look at our brutal schedule and everyone we left in our dust and that says it ALL. The Giants are battle-tested, well-prepared PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY and FEARLESS for a very good reason and the Jets can't do anything about that except show up to the Superbowl and compete(if we both even get there). Since January, the Giants play their best games against the toughest opponents, and against the Jets it would be no different. That's why the Cards' great offense couldn't beat us, and the great Steelers' D and Ravens' D couldn't stop us. The Titans are NOT the Giants. Tennessee hasn't won ANYTHING and we DID. The Giants know how to overcome anything now because they have the EXPERIENCE and are still young and hungry. Can the Jets beat THAT? A Giants/Jets Superbowl would be amazing, but let's get there first.
about 1 month ago
A long ways to go before either team can book tickets to Tampa....
from about 1 month ago
Maybe for the Jets.. The Giants are almost a lock for the 1 seed in the playoffs
about 1 month ago
First, I am glad the piece has sparked convo.
Second, let's keep it friendly, it isn't awful to this point, but let's not let it get out of hand, that's how the fun is taken out of things.
Finally, will it happen, who knows? We shall see.
Thanks for all the viewpoints everyone, and the reads as well!
about 1 month ago
Good God, I hope this doesn't happen. Baseball barely survived the collective yawn (outside New York) that resulted from the Yankees-Mets World Series...
about 1 month ago
That was a bad world series, ha ha.
about 20 hours ago
Well, farvie, who's still standing now(for the time being and we'll see come sunday)? The Jets didn't even MAKE THE PLAYOFFS and suffered one of the worst collapses in their history. Why would i wanna put up with that kind of mediocrity decade after decade? THAT, my delusional friend is why i didn't become a Jets fan even though i started watching football in 03 and 04, when the Giants sucked and the Jets were making a playoff push. NO matter what happens this Sunday, i can ask you, how big & bad are the Jets to even be on the same field with the Giants? I thought so...
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