This wasn’t a triumph that compelled the Jets to carry Adam Gase off on their shoulders the way the Super Bowl XXV Giants carried Bill Parcells off in Tampa. It didn’t compel the late Leon Hess to spike The Duke at the late Wellington Mara’s feet somewhere up there in Green-and-White heaven.
But there was a significant development during Jets 34, Giants 27 when Sam Darnold brought his recent regression to an abrupt halt and simultaneously delivered a message that perhaps there is hope that Adam Gase can develop him into the star quarterback the franchise expects him to be.