I think the toll of being a New York Jets fan has finally hit me. The burden, the weight, the curse — it’s all too much. I need to take a year off from carrying around this cross on my shoulder and let them do their thing. Which is annually dumb. Just a series of Jets-ian decisions, losing, no accountability, no leadership, no intelligence, no hope, no future, and a lot of drunken ex-firefighters from New Jersey in the stands. All of them over the age of 45.

I need a break. So what if I just became a Giants fan for a season? To see how that felt. Just to see; nothing permanent.

For the Jets, this is a gap year. A season that is just an inevitable throwing in of the proverbial towel. There is no expectation to win, and in fact there is clearly a mandate behind the scenes to just lose every game. The real rebuild begins in 2027 when the team can use its three 1st-round draft picks getting the franchise QB (finally?) and starting from there.

The signing of ex-Jets bust Geno Smith is a nice redemption story, except the Jets only got him when he sucked, and not when he was actually good. When he played for a real, competent, and smart team he thrived under great coaching and sound roster construction. His career will wither away and die in New York (again), and will be benched halfway through. The goal is to lose, and to lose so ineptly, that we have no choice but to start from scratch. Square one is where you must be reborn to then rise again like a phoenix.

I’ve had it with our coach Aaron Glenn. With the worst owner in the sport Woody Johnson. With the worst home field advantage in the league, MetLife Stadium, a place where the grass shifts under the players’ cleats and leads to so many lower leg injuries it’s not even funny. It’s well documented that the turf needs to be replaced, and yet the powers that be (including the NFL) refuse to put player safety over spending one extra cent they deem unnecessary.

It’s just beyond embarrassing to even tell people I root for this stupid-ass team. We have the longest running active playoff drought in any major sport. We haven’t won the Super Bowl since 1969. We haven’t had a real starting quarterback since Joe Namath retired. Nothing good has happened to this team since 2010. And, by far, the dumbest nepo baby to ever serve under the corrupt Trump administration Woody Johnson (former ambassador to the UK) cannot stop inserting his own foot into his mouth. Over. And over. And over again.

The man said into reporter microphones that “thinking is overrated.” His children tell him how to run the team and which personnel decisions to make based on their time playing “Madden.” He is incapable of hiring anyone who knows what they’re doing, or anyone who can overrule him, or anyone who can stick around with a solid game plan. The firings come fast and loose under Johnson. He clearly doesn’t know what he’s doing, cares, or is interested in self-reflection. He sucks, and needs to sell the team immediately.

Even the great players we draft leave for nothing, don’t want to be there, or get traded away for picks who turn into players who will then either leave or be traded. It’s a never ending cycle of replacements, regardless of talent or loyalty, because the Jets have never gotten their QB right. No interest or ability to get a QB worth a damn. 50+ years of not understanding that the most important position in all of sports is the QB, and we’ve been without one since smoking was considered good for your health.

The other team to not technically play in the state of NY are the Giants, the roommates of the Jets for the same shithole stadium. They actually have some success in their recent history, and try their best to retain talent, coaches, and continuity. They recently hired John Harbaugh! They have an exciting set of prospects and draft capital! They have a young, handsome QB who I already see on billboards in Jaxson Dart!

Their new running back is a total psycho for football (Cam Skattebo)! They have a generational WR in Malik Nabers! And a ton of defensive star power if they can stay healthy (Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, Abdul Carter, Tremaine Edmunds, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Greg Newsome, Elijah Campbell, Jevon Holland, etc.). And I also like Darius Slayton, Isaiah Likely, Evan Neal, Andrew Thomas, and Tyrone Tracy Jr.

I get both teams as my local games, so I won’t have any troubles tuning in. And as for the rookies, eh. None of these kids instill a ton of confidence in me for either team. The Jets got pass rusher David Bailey, who I suspect will be more Travon Walker than Lawrence Taylor. We also got a TE and a WR, and Geno fucking Smith to throw them the ball? Doesn’t really do it for me unless you have the QB in place, and he’s coming next year. Can’t wait to see them fuck that up too! Listen, I need them to go 0-17 for Arch Manning, but I don’t have to watch them do it.

The Giants have a much better foundation already, and added to it with Arvell Reese. And it’ll be fun to see a team want to win games instead of staring at the Jets and hoping they lose. I pray they lose every game, and yet I have no stomach or interest in seeing them accomplish their stinky goal. One team can get free agents to sign to play with John Harbaugh — a respected coach with a ring. The other team is the Jets who do not have a coaching staff nor any attractive qualities after the Rodgers debacle.

Maybe this could be what leads to me leaving the Jets forever and just permanently being a Giants fan?

LOL, nevermind. Stupid-ass morons.

Yeah, nevermind. I’m not supporting a MAGA quarterback. Gang Green for life! Fuck the Giants.

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