The 2024 season hasn’t been kind to either team from the Big Apple. The Jets are continuing their longest-standing playoff drought, and the Giants are in the pit as well, possibly out of the playoffs again. It clearly isn’t a good time to be a football fan and a New Yorker. And it’s about to get worse, as Tom Brady made it clear that he has no fondness for either of these fanbases. Sort of.
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During his interview with Fortune Magazine with Alyson Shontell as host, the former NFL quarterback broke the ice with the audience by making an insulting joke about their franchise.
It was a very sporty way to start the show, as the host asked Patriots fans in attendance to give a loud cheer. Failing to get a flattering response, she asked all the non-Patriots fans to cheer out loud. The few hoots from the New York crowd gave Tom the indication that it was going to be an interesting evening.
“Got a lot of Wolverines out there. I love that,” Brady said, noticing how many attendees cheered for his alma mater. He then quickly pulled the legs of his former rivals.
“Giants fans, Jets fans, you can shut up. We don’t need to hear from you at all,” Brady said jokingly, seemingly taking a jab at their current seasons. He also lost two Super Bowls to one of these teams, so the jab might have been aimed at that as well.
“You can’t say that, we’re in New York,” the hostess said in response.
“I don’t care,” Brady shot back with a smirk. Even the Harvard Business School professor, Nitin Nohria, who was sitting next to Brady partly agreed with him, as he himself claimed that the Giants fans are in no position to cheer.
The Giants and the Jets continue to hang from the cliff
The Giants haven’t seen the light of NFL success, especially after Eli Manning. The Jets, too, have been taking a rough beating for many years, and this season was no different.
Interestingly, the Giants and the Jets haven’t had a combined record of above .500 since 2011, when they combined for 17-15. Given how the season is unfolding, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the two teams extend this stat for another year.
The Giants struggle to get over their status as the worst in the league, with Daniel Jones as their signal caller. Meanwhile, the Jets who set the highest of expectations this season by uniting Davante Adams with the rest of his crew, especially Aaron Rodgers, failed to secure wins week after week.
With both teams combining for a grand total of five wins out of 20 games played, it appears only a miracle can turn their destiny around. Until then, they have to play the clown of all the NFL jokes.
