Grid-lock in NY market on Dec. 7
New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, right, shakes hands with New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin after an NFL football game. (Dec. 24, 2011) Credit: AP
What used to be an extreme rarity - the Jets and Giants playing simultaneously, but not against each other - now has become commonplace.
When the NFL finalized its Week 14 schedule Sunday, it confirmed that the Giants at Titans and Jets at Vikings games both will remain at 1 p.m. Eastern Time Dec. 7.
Makes sense, with both on the road and neither worthy of being moved to a more prominent ratings slot.
Such a conflict never occurred between 1984 and Sept. 27, 2009, when a Jets game was moved to 1 p.m. to avoid inconveniencing fans celebrating the start of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.
Then it happened again in Week 17 in both 2012 and '13. Now it will occur for a third consecutive season.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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