New Jersey’s East Rutherford. Residents of New Jersey have complained for decades about the New York Giants and Jets playing at MetLife Stadium while the teams are named after their neighbor. But those grievances have given way to relief following both teams’ terrible 2024 NFL season.
With a 2-10 record right now, the Giants are having one of their worst seasons ever. A far cry from the team’s Super Bowl-winning days, their seven-game losing streak has solidified them at the bottom of the NFC East standings. Their games have become less competitive, which has caused supporters to wonder where the franchise is headed.
With a 3-9 record, the Jets have now tied their rival’s futility and extended their losing season skid to nine. The team’s hopes of making the playoffs vanished completely after they lost to the Seattle Seahawks by 14 points on Sunday. The defeat has highlighted persistent problems for a team that has been looking for stability for over ten years.
Many New Jerseyans have long argued that East Rutherford should be given credit for hosting the stadium and have pushed for the teams to be renamed to better represent their home state. However, the cries for a rebranding have mostly subsided in light of the team’s on-field problems, with Garden State supporters content to let New York shoulder the blame.
Since both teams are now essentially out of the running for the playoffs, local supporters are turning their attention elsewhere as a result of the season. At least East Rutherford still has the American Dream Mall, a local joked on social media.
An unanticipated benefit of the Giants and Jets’ difficulties is that they allow New Jerseyans to avoid taking accountability for the losing seasons of two of the NFL’s worst teams.
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