{"id":217834,"date":"2025-02-19T10:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=217834"},"modified":"2025-02-19T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:19:49","slug":"new-york-revivals-and-giants-superfan-el-jefe-discusses-is-fandom-and-quarterback-options-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/19\/new-york-revivals-and-giants-superfan-el-jefe-discusses-is-fandom-and-quarterback-options-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bleeding Blue: A Giants Life with El Jefe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giants superfan Jefe is as passionate as ever, despite one of the worst seasons in franchise history. <\/a>Skeptical? Sure. But good luck finding a ticket under $200 for the 2025 home opener. A decade of losing and fleeting playoff runs still hasn\u2019t dimmed Big Blue\u2019s fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the many Giants superfans is Jefe Pil, known as El Jefe and host of the New York Revival Sports podcast. He embodies everything it means to bleed blue. After a short conversation about his nostalgia for the team and his many highs and increasing lows, it\u2019s clear he lives a Giants life. He\u2019s turned his lifelong passion as a fan into a career through the use of his music, sarcasm, and knowledge of the team. Like most fans, Jefe doesn\u2019t have the highest expectations heading into 2025, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be there for fans on his podcast and YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With that said, he believes there are some things that Joe Schoen<\/a> and company can do that can set the team up for the future. He and I talked about it at length along with his journey into becoming one of the most popular figures in Giants content creation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Giants Fan from Birth<\/b><\/h3>\n

Like an heirloom passed through generations, Jefe\u2019s experience as a Giants superfan started with his father. His earliest memories of being a Giants fan are found through family pictures. He said that you\u2019re \u201cborn into the team you love,\u201d while explaining pictures of him wearing a Lawrence Taylor jersey and a dangly Giants helmet in his early childhood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As he got older, he quickly learned that Sundays were for watching the team play and his dad infamously yelling at the TV- for both good and moments that he didn\u2019t quite fully understand at the time. Even as he was learning the game and connecting with his father, Jefe knew that, \u201cthe world stopped on Sundays,\u201d for the Giants. Years later, as he transitioned from child to a father for children of his own, nothing has changed.\u00a0 The Giants still rule Sundays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jefe\u2019s Highs and Lows<\/b><\/h2>\n

Sure, the Giants have the league\u2019s third-worst 63-116-1 record since 2014. The decade has featured consequential decisions from multiple front-office regimes. It has been marked by heartbreaking losses and moments of infamy in the national spotlight.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the fact remains that most Giants fans have seen at least two Super Bowl runs <\/a>in their lifetime that shaped their fandom. Jefe remembers and relishes those memories. In fact, he credits his marriage to his all-time favorite player Victor Cruz. The peak of his fandom was watching his then-girlfriend mimic Cruz\u2019s famous salsa dance touchdown celebration in Super Bowl 46. He said things were starting to get serious and his friend turned to him during a commercial break and affirmed to Jefe that she was the one for him. Witnessing Super Bowls turned Jefe into a Giants superfan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10 years ago Victor Cruz got to salsa in the end zone celebrating a TD in the Super Bowl\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/GLvoHSQnxG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Big Blue United (@BigBlueUnited) February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n