Stretch your arms out in front of you right now. Don’t worry, nobody’s looking. (If you’re driving, don’t do this. And stop reading this story.) The distance from your eyeball to your fingertips doesn’t seem very far, does it? But it’s all the distance in the world, all the difference in the world, to the two New Jersey-based, New York-named teams in the NFL.
For much of the season, the Jets and the Giants have been adding verses to the song of futility that the Yankees and Mets spent all summer singing. The Giants didn’t even take a single offensive snap with the lead until Sunday night.