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Bleeding Blue: A Giants Life with El Jefe

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Giants superfan Jefe is as passionate as ever, despite one of the worst seasons in franchise history. 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’t dimmed Big Blue’s fire. 

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’s clear he lives a Giants life. He’s 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’t 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. 

With that said, he believes there are some things that Joe Schoen 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. 

A Giants Fan from Birth

Like an heirloom passed through generations, Jefe’s 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’re “born into the team you love,” while explaining pictures of him wearing a Lawrence Taylor jersey and a dangly Giants helmet in his early childhood. 

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’t quite fully understand at the time. Even as he was learning the game and connecting with his father, Jefe knew that, “the world stopped on Sundays,” for the Giants. Years later, as he transitioned from child to a father for children of his own, nothing has changed.  The Giants still rule Sundays. 

Jefe’s Highs and Lows

Sure, the Giants have the league’s 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.

However, the fact remains that most Giants fans have seen at least two Super Bowl runs 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’s 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.

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As for the low points in his fandom? Jefe had plenty to choose from, but one nightmare stood above the rest: the Joe Judge QB sneaks in 2021. Even when his team isn’t as talented or competitive as he hopes, Jefe still wants his team to go down swinging. In his perspective, two quarterback sneaks from your own endzone was “the most gutless thing” he had ever seen from the Giants. 

Out of everything the team put him through, Jefe emphasized that this was “the most embarrassing” time to be a Giants fan simply because there was no direction or fight. 

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The Evolution of Fandom in the Digital Age

Jefe has gone from a fan who watches games on the couch to someone who uses the Giants as a source of content creation. For anyone who follows him on X, YouTube, or listens to him and his co-hosts on New York Revival, you know that Jefe uses humor and sarcasm to get through the pain of losses. To Jefe, one of the biggest changes going from fan to content creator is that no matter the situation on the field- good or bad- he said his mind instantly asks, “How can I turn this into a video or sketch?” 

The output on his social media and podcast is certainly therapeutic for him and the heart of it all is its authenticity. Audiences connect with Jefe’s clear passion and wittiness in how he presents the peaks and valleys of being a Giants fan. What’s more evident is that he still has a passion for Giants football- nothing he posts is a gimmick or characterized. Jefe’s fandom and content are both equally transparent and genuine. 

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What should the Giants do at Quarterback?

Rumors are swirling around the Giants quarterback situation as the league calendar year begins next month. The team is linked to several free agents, and rumors of a potential Matthew Stafford trade are heating up.

If it were up to Jefe, the Giants would ideally match a veteran free agent with Miami (FL) quarterback, Cam Ward. While he believes Ward isn’t a surefire prospect, he loves the tangibles he brings physically to the position: his pocket presence and arm strength being the most glaring. Jefe believes only certain players are built for New York, and Ward is one of them.

He claimed that from what he knows, Ward “wants to work,” and “seems focused,” on being nothing more than the best player he can be. Jefe emphasized the importance of those traits because of the situation the Giants are in. He claimed that the Giants need a “Superman” to save them and Ward might be the closest thing to Superman in this year’s draft.  

Matthew Stafford Trade or Veteran Free Agent?

As for the smoke around Stafford? Well, Jefe isn’t buying it. He said a trade for Stafford would help him buy into the 2025 season and give the Giants some immediate relevance but begs a bigger question: what’s the long-term goal for the franchise? He questions if it’s worth giving any assets at all, let alone a top-end asset, for a 37-year-old quarterback with an injury history. 

According to Jefe, what’s more realistic is that the Giants target free-agent Justin Fields and design an offense around his skillset. He already showed promise in Pittsburgh and even won some games for them in 2024. Jefe mentioned that Fields, or any other veteran option, are not necessarily “great,” but what other option does the team have? 

 Is Schoen the right GM for a Rebuild?

Jefe’s reluctance around the murky quarterback situation is tied in with his lack of confidence in the Giants front office. Not only do the Giants have a tough schedule in 2025, but they also have a roster that lacks depth in key areas. 

According to Jefe, the main pieces on the Giants roster are Malik Nabers, Dexter Lawrence, and Andrew Thomas when healthy. Beyond that, he feels like it would be best for a new face to come in and reconstruct the team. He’s tired of “desperate people doing “desperate jobs,” and yearns for a fresh regime to come in and build a team for sustained success. 

In addition, Jefe is nervous that Schoen and Daboll will make short-term decisions at the cost of long-term success. Unfortunately, such is the case when you a coach and general manager are dually on the heat together. 

Jefe’s Bold Prediction for 2025

Jefe’s bold prediction for 2025 is that running back Tyrone Tracy will burst onto the scene. He assured fans that even though the box score stats don’t look great, Tracy is a player. He complimented his vision and ability to turn two-yard losses into three or four-yard gains. Jefe believes Tracy can turn into one of the league’s premiere backs. 

Tracy had a successful rookie season in 2025. In eleven starts, he rushed for 839 yards and five touchdowns on 4.4 yards per carry. He also had 284 yards which helped him get over 1,000 scrimmage yards for the season. He was on pace to rush for 1,239 yards, eight touchdowns, and 438 receiving yards. 

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Conclusion:

Jefe lives his Giants fandom with passion, sarcasm, and entertainment. Even through the team’s recent struggles, he knows that Sundays are for the Giants. The next time the team makes the playoffs, he will be front and center leading Giants nation and bleeding blue. Jefe embodies what it means to be a Giants superfan.

You can follow Jefe and the New York Revival podcast on X and YouTube here: https://twitter.com/jefepil?lang=en, https://www.youtube.com/c/NewYorkRevival, https://www.youtube.com/elJefeVideos

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