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Growing up in Dallas, Jets' Jamal Adams was a Giants fan because his father played for New York

Jets safety Jamal Adams celebrates after he intercepted a pass for a touchdown in the second half against the Patriots on Sept. 22, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass. Photo Credit: AP/Steven Senne

Jamal Adams wants to win every time he runs on the football field, but the game Sunday against the Cowboys means more to the Jets’ fiery and competitive safety — and his family — than many others.

Though Adams grew up in Dallas, the Adams family hates the Cowboys. Jamal’s father, George Adams, was a first-round draft pick of the Giants in 1985 and spent five years with the organization.