Why I Love the New York Jets

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Published: May 26, 2009

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... play for the Jets except in archive footage. No Super Bowl guarantee for me. I had to make do with Ken O'Brien.

I got to watch The Jets go 6-9, 8-7-1, and 4-12 during my formative years between 1987 and 1989.

Even when the team followed up that run with 6-10, 8-8, 4-12, and 8-8 seasons, did I give up and stop watching? No. 

The reason why is simple—my grandfather.

He had worked for the NYPD for 25 years and then took his pension and ran. He ended up working as a security guard at Hofstra University in the early '80s. Hofstra, for those that don't know, is where the Jets have their training camp and practice facility.

Every couple weeks over the summer—whenever I'd see him—my grandfather had another piece of Jets memorabilia for me. Sometimes it was nothing special—a new team photo, a team roster, or just a new team hat. Sometimes he'd have something a little more rare for me—like the time he bumped into Joe Nama...

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