New York: The City that Struggles with Football (and Never Sleeps)

 

New York football has been less-than-ideal this year, to say the least. The Jets sit at the bottom of the NFL with a record of 0-8; tack on one more loss for the new uniforms they unveiled this past off-season, because those things are an eye-sore. The Giants are hardly doing better; their record 1-7, putting them in last place of a tragic NFC East Division.

The Giants were close to upsetting Tom Brady's Bucs (6-2) on Monday Night Football last night, but fell to Tampa by 2 points. The Jets, on the other hand, have really just been dominated week-after-week this season.

Both teams have had their fair share of personnel problems; starting at the under-center position, neither quarterback have done well by any means of the definition. The Jets' Darnold has thrown 3 TD's to 6 INT's, and the Giants' Jones has 7 TD's to 9 INT's. The decision making of both QB's is mediocre at their best, and neither has a completion percentage greater than 62%.

Giants fans had their hearts shattered when RB Saquon Barkley, 2018 Offensive Rookie of the Year, tore his ACL in the second week of the season. The loss of their star player certainly has not helped first year head coach, Joe Judge, to create a team that will erase all memory of the Giants of the past few years.

The Jets have struggled in practically every facet of the game so far. Their offense has produced a little over 2,200 yards after 8 weeks of football, opposing teams are averaging 29.8 points against them opposed to the offense's 11.8, and their is simply a general sense of lifelessness from the organization.

It certainly hasn't helped the Jets for their key players to either want out of the organization, be traded away, or cut altogether. Back in June, star DB Jamal Adams requested a trade, after a few weeks into the season, RB Le'Veon Bell was cut and promptly added to the Kansas City roster, and Sunday, linebacker Adrian Williamson was traded to the Steelers.

Williamson perfectly captured the mood of any player able to get out of New York with this post to Instagram:

New York might be the Great Melting Pot, but it seems like someone might've forgotten to add "Good Football" to the ingredient list.