Are the Jets and Giants Watchable Yet?

Time is a flat circle, but we want to help you break it. To that end, we’ve enlisted two experts — one familiar with the ins and outs of New York’s football teams, the other a nationally focused football analyst — to answer an essential question as a service to readers: Is this team good yet?

Devin Gordon, who has written about sports for ESPN and GQ and is the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets, the Best Worst Team in Sports,” observed both the Giants and the Jets from a locally focused perspective.

Charles McDonald, an N.F.L. analyst at For the Win and a co-host of “The Counter” podcast and the “Setting the Edge” podcast, offered a national view.

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