New York Jets’ owner comes forward to congratulate the Giants on SB win – NFL News Update
With a Super Bowl victory scored by the New York Giants, the team is receiving congratulatory comments and commendations from various places and persons.
Among those congratulating the Giants is none other than the New York Jets’ owner, Woody Johnson.
“On behalf of the New York Jets, I would like to congratulate the Mara and Tisch families, Coach Coughlin and the entire New York Giants organization. It was a closely contested game that showcased all of the best elements that our sport has to offer. The
Giants demonstrated poise and resolve in earning a hard-fought victory in Super Bowl XLVI. Also, I want to congratulate the Kraft family, Coach Belichick and the New England Patriots on a tremendous effort.”
The move comes out as a surprise as the Jets and the Giants had fought a cold war in the ending weeks of the season the last year. That had included in a lot of hype being built on the Jets and Giants encounter in Week 16.
The person to initiate the cold war was the Jets’ coach, Rex Ryan who came forward with his outburst against the Giants claiming to be the better side and winning for the next ten years. The Jets coach had boasted of beating the Giants, saying he came to
New York not to be a small brother to anyone and went on to throw the phase small brother at the Giants.
The Giants had been pretty modest in their reply as instead of resorting to a war of words, they preferred to settle the matter on the field. Most notably the Giants Head Coach, Tom Coughlin tried to remain aloof from the confrontation saying the talk was
“cheap” and said the matter would be decided on the field.
The players from both the sides too did not stay away from the confrontation. Giants’ wide receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks jumped in to question the skills of Jets’ Darrelle Revis’, while Revis too responded.
The Week 16 confrontation proved Ryan to be wrong as the Giants surged ahead of the Jets24-19.
The Giants proved who the big brother was and Ryan was forced to eat his words.
That though did not deter Ryan who then talked of winning the Super Bowl but however, the Jets ended up being eliminated from the playoffs. The elimination coupled with a Super Bowl victory by the Giants would surely have hurt the Jets side a lot but Johnson
did not seem to take any of this as he went on to congratulate his opponent.
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