Steven Ryan/Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — At kickoff in Sunday’s game between the Giants and the Jets, the stands at MetLife Stadium were less than half full. The teams play each other in the regular season only once every four years, which customarily stokes the heated rivalry between the New York metropolitan area’s two N.F.L. teams. But this year, the region’s football fans seemed unmoved.
With good reason.
Those with tickets to the game remained in the parking lots encircling the stadium, and a majority appeared in no hurry to get inside the building to watch a matchup of two of the league’s worst teams.