It’s the Showtime game of the New York football preseason, and the message to the Giants and Jets is this:
SHOW US SOMETHING, ANYTHING, PLEASE.
Show your hoping-against-hope fan bases there is hope for that long-lost playoff berth.
And perhaps most importantly, show yourselves there is legitimate reason for you to believe, beyond the Boys of Summer optimism that surfaces annually in 32 training camps.
This isn’t a game that counts, unless you covet the Snoopy Bowl — the game that counts between the two teams comes on Dec. 6. But it is a game that matters, if only for the collective psyches of both teams and both fan bases.