As the Jets prepare to face their crosstown opponents, the New York Giants, one of the questions asked of head coach Todd Bowles during Monday’s conference call was what he remembers of the Jets-Giants rivalry as a kid growing up in Elizabeth, NJ.
“I’m afraid I don’t remember too much from my childhood football days,” said Coach Bowles. “From a professional standpoint, I don’t. I remember people, I don’t remember the rivalry as much. I don’t think there was a big rivalry back then, or if there was, I don’t remember.”
The reason the first-year head coach doesn’t remember there being a rivalry is because there isn’t.