Leonard Williams #99 of the Giants on the field before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on October 10, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. Credit: Getty Images/Wesley Hitt
If ever there was a perfect symbol for the futility of New York football in recent years, it is Leonard Williams.
He has felt the pangs of disappointment with both the Jets and Giants, a man of immense talents who has yet to know firsthand what it is to compete in a playoff game. A former first-round pick of the Jets in 2015, he spent 4 ½ seasons in green-and-white, coming oh-so-close as a rookie before Ryan Fitzpatrick’s meltdown in the season finale in Buffalo left them at 10-6 and on the outside looking in.