Giants and Jets Share a Stadium — and a Season of High Stakes
Both New York football teams enter the year under pressure, with fan patience wearing thin on either side of MetLife.
The two teams that share MetLife Stadium enter the season under equal pressure. Both the Giants and the Jets are chasing a return to relevance, and on either side of the building, fan patience is wearing dangerously thin.
For the Giants, the focus is on developing a young quarterback behind a rebuilt line. The Jets, perennially the subject of the city's football heartbreak, are betting on a retooled defense. The fictional coordinator hired this offseason has already reshaped expectations for one of the squads.
New York's football fans are a demanding bunch, and both franchises know that another lost season could bring upheaval. The shared stadium will host two separate but equally urgent quests to win back a skeptical city.
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