... late November 2008; families were getting together for a Thanksgiving Day feast, Christmas was on the horizon, and the Jets and Giants were kings of the NFL. After twelve weeks the Jets were in first place at 8-3. Brett Favre had reignited a dead franchise, and it appeared that the Jets would roll to an AFC East title and possibly a bye week after knocking off the once undefeated Tennessee Titans 34-13 in Nashville.

The Giants were 11-1. They were rolling to the NFC's No. 1 seed, and, less than a year separated them from their miraculous Super Bowl XLII victory, looked poised for a possible repeat.

The success of both franchises was so palpable that, indeed, New York and New Jersey fans were talking about the possibility of a Su...

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