EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Yes, it required patience—that much is surely certain. And yes, it required vision that lept beyond your weekly, monthly or even yearly digital planner.
Anybody who refuses to acknowledge the long-term vibe anchoring the vision at 1 Jets Drive over the last few seasons is simply living in a fictional world starring Charlie Tweeder, Willie Beamen and Al Bundy. (I’d like to take this time to remind everybody that Al Bundy did, indeed, score four touchdowns in a single game for Polk High, once upon a glorious time in the storied shoe salesman’s high school football career.