Elijah Riley, shown here with the Eagles, started for the Jets at safety against the Dolphins on Sunday.. Credit: AP
Elijah Riley grew up in Port Jefferson, about a two-hour drive from MetLife Stadium. He played football at Newfield High School and he also attended Jets training camps as a kid. He made that long drive to Cortland, when it was there, and the far, far shorter drive to Hofstra University, too.
The first game he ever watched live was in this stadium — a Jets-Panthers game a few days after Thanksgiving (the Jets won).
But as good as the view might have been then, Sunday afternoon’s was infinitely better.