Jets Grounded While Giants Get Defensive!

By Edmond Easton

The 2007 NFL season is well underway with both the Giants and Jets attempting to make a repeat playoff appearance. The two teams reloaded this season with a couple of new additions including for the Jets former Chicago Bears running back Thomas Jones and the Giants drafting former Texas University star corner back Aaron Ross.
The Giants kicked off the season on the road for a Sunday night showdown against the Dallas Cowboys ending in a 45 – 35 loss with the Giants defense proving to be powerless to stop Cowboys Wide receiver Terrell Owens who had two touchdowns. The next game did fair any better for the G Men as they fell to Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers at home 35 – 13 dropping them to a dismal 0 – 2. The winning began in Washington against the Redskins who were shutdown by the resurgent Giants Defense to a score of 24 – 17 leaving the Skins with their first loss of the season. This past Sunday at home the Giants trampled the Eagles with an impressive 12 sack performance and 6 alone by Defensive End Osi Umenyiora to defeat the Eagles 16 – 3 improving their record to 2 – 2.
The Jets began the 2007 season losing in a controversial game to division rival New England losing 38 – 14 because of suspected cheating by the Patriots. The Jets followed up with another loss this time against the Baltimore Ravens as quarterback Kellen Clemens got his first start in the NFL with the score of 20 – 13. A returning Chad Pennington helped get the Jets a win against the Miami Dolphins 31 – 28 at home putting their record at 1 – 2. This past Sunday the Jets offense was silenced by the then winless Buffalo Bills only managing 14 points to the Bills 17 stalling their record to 1 - 3 tied for last in the division.
The Jets and Giants cross paths this Sunday at the Meadowlands each seeking a big momentum pushing win to start the second quarter of the season. The Giants are favored at home but past match ups between these two teams have made this game anyone’s guess.