ARLINGTON, Texas — This wasn’t the first time the Giants had a decision to make: can’t-miss running back or enticing quarterback. They made the same choice 53 years ago that they made Thursday night. Then it was Auburn’s Tucker Frederickson, now Penn State’s Saquon Barkley.
It worked out pretty well for the Jets when the Giants passed on a QB from Alabama named Joe Willie Namath. Jets fans have to hope history can repeat itself with Sam Darnold.
To his dying day, Allie Sherman bore few regrets. The booing that used to rain down on him at Yankee Stadium, interspersed with the famous “Good-bye, Allie!