Va_Pats_Fan
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.We always play the giants in the 4th preseason game? Is there a story I am unaware of?
IIRC, it has something to do with the fact that neither team wants to travel very far that late in the preseason, so they've agreed to play each other every friggin' year for the last seven years. . . .
IIRC, it has something to do with the fact that neither team wants to travel very far that late in the preseason, so they've agreed to play each other every friggin' year for the last seven years. . . .
Nearest opponent outside division and conference. And both cities have chowda
That's how I saw it. NYG are the closest non-conference team. Here are the other matchups, and it is interesting to try and figure them all out:
DET @ BUF
IND @ CIN
BAL @ ATL
NYG @ NE
STL @ JAC
TB @ WAS
PHI @ NYJ
DAL @ MIA
KC @ GB
CLE @ CHI
HOU @ MIN
TEN @ NO
PIT @ CAR
DEN @ ARI
SF @ SD
OAK @ SEA
That's how I saw it. NYG are the closest non-conference team. Here are the other matchups, and it is interesting to try and figure them all out:
Here's a good map for reference:
It would seem PIT should be playing ATL and BAL should be playing CAR, but maybe one is closer then the other when you take into consideration the curvature of the globe.
Or Ravens against Redskins! That would save some travel
An optimal pairing, of course, would have the JEST going out to the West Coast on an annual basis.
But I wouldn't send them at the moment!
If I'm not mistaken I believe that is actually a big factor in how the tradition began, going back to the AFL-NFL merger.Lot of Giants history with NE as well. Don't know about the rest of you but I have a lot of friends who are Giants fans. They used to be NE's team for the most part.
I would
Couple of defensive linemen would sort out the trouble if anything
those big squares don't count.Seeing it on the map, I have never realised how few teams there are in the west!