Hour 4: The Jets Are Good Enough To Win & Bad Enough To Lose
The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle
September 21, 2026
Craig and C-Mac continue the Jets conversation, including Craig coining the phrase that the Jets are "good enough to win and bad enough to lose". The boys also discuss whether next week's Giants -Titans matchup is a trap game for Big Blue.
Speakers Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle
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Craig Carton (0:00)
Meanwhile, I got the Giants tonight. I just saw some video of Giant fans taking over.
Chris McMonigle (0:05)
Hell yeah.
Craig Carton (0:06)
The building out there in LA., SoFi Stadium. Home, by the way, of Super Bowl 61
Chris McMonigle (0:11)
Yes.
Craig Carton (0:12)
Coming up in February. So, are the Juicers starting to flow bigs yet or no?
Chris McMonigle (0:18)
Of the game tonight?
Craig Carton (0:19)
For you, yeah.
Chris McMonigle (0:19)
I woke up today, the Juicers were flowing.
Craig Carton (0:21)
As a Giant fan.
Chris McMonigle (0:22)
Nice and crisp outs, hoodie weather, ready for some football. I'm pumped for tonight. This is a big game for the Giants, man.
Craig Carton (0:29)
What's your confidence level in tonight's game? Like 1 to 10 with decimal points.
Chris McMonigle (0:34)
That they'll win?
Craig Carton (0:35)
Confidence that the Giants come home 2-0. Where are we at?
5?
Chris McMonigle (0:42)
Wow. 5.9.
Craig Carton (0:43)
Yikes, no faith at all.
Chris McMonigle (0:44)
All right.
Craig Carton (0:44)
That's better than I'm going in.
Chris McMonigle (0:45)
That's 50-50 against one of the...
Craig Carton (0:47)
You have no faith at all.
Chris McMonigle (0:48)
That's more than that.
Craig Carton (0:48)
You don't think the Giants are going to win tonight?
Chris McMonigle (0:50)
I just gave it a 60-40 that they win tonight. I don't understand how that...
Craig Carton (0:53)
I thought you said 5-point something.
Chris McMonigle (0:54)
I was going to say 5.9, which is no, virtually 6... 60-40.
SPEAKER_3 (0:58)
But it's not.
Chris McMonigle (0:59)
No, it is.
SPEAKER_3 (1:00)
No, but it's not 60-40.
Craig Carton (1:01)
Yeah, you have to do decimal points.
Chris McMonigle (1:03)
So, all right, 6.0.
Craig Carton (1:04)
Again, that's a cop-out. 6.0.
Chris McMonigle (1:06)
That's why I went 5.9.
Craig Carton (1:08)
Use the decimal points. Let's go.
Chris McMonigle (1:09)
And I did.
Craig Carton (1:10)
5.9?
Chris McMonigle (1:11)
Which is essentially...
Craig Carton (1:11)
So, lack of confidence.
Chris McMonigle (1:12)
60... I'm 60-40. They're going to go on the road to beat the Rams. I think that's pretty confident. That's pretty confident.
Craig Carton (1:18)
Well, pretty confident is like, I'm 7.8.
Chris McMonigle (1:21)
No, that's...
SPEAKER_3 (1:21)
On the road is a touchdown on the dog.
Chris McMonigle (1:23)
That's overly confident.
Craig Carton (1:25)
Yeah, but you're not very confident.
Chris McMonigle (1:26)
I'm fairly... I'm pretty confident.
Craig Carton (1:27)
You're immensely, immensely confident.
Chris McMonigle (1:29)
I think they're going to win more times than not. They played this game 10 times. I think they win 6 of them. That's pretty confident. That's one way to look at it. Yeah.
SPEAKER_3 (1:38)
That's not the way I look at it. That's how math is done.
Craig Carton (1:40)
That's an interesting way to look at it, for sure.
Chris McMonigle (1:43)
How confident am I that they're going to be in the game and be uber competitive? 9.7.
Craig Carton (1:49)
Really? Yes. So you think it's going to be the start of the fourth quarter, one score game?
Chris McMonigle (1:54)
Correct. Okay.
Craig Carton (1:56)
By the way, I hope so. I'm fine for it.
Chris McMonigle (1:57)
Five minutes left in the fourth quarter, one score game.
Craig Carton (2:00)
Five minutes left in the game. One score game.
Chris McMonigle (2:03)
Correct.
Craig Carton (2:03)
Boy, I hope you're right.
Chris McMonigle (2:04)
I hope so.
Craig Carton (2:05)
Nothing would make me happier than to see the Giants come home and all you cocky, arrogant Giant fans be able to put me in my place on the radio tomorrow and online about how right you were and how wrong I was. I would get great joy out of that.
Chris McMonigle (2:20)
I'm sure you would.
Craig Carton (2:20)
Because as a New Yorker, watching my team implode yesterday, I wish you good luck.
Chris McMonigle (2:26)
I'm sure you do. You can't wait to walk in here off of the Giants getting their ass kicked. You know it. It's okay to admit it.
Craig Carton (2:33)
It's not that I'm looking forward to it happening. It's what I think is going to happen.
Chris McMonigle (2:36)
I'm sure you do.
Craig Carton (2:37)
Yeah. Although, puking and playing is a big deal.
Chris McMonigle (2:39)
Of course it is.
Craig Carton (2:40)
Because these are the best ones I've ever seen from a football.
Chris McMonigle (2:41)
And I want them to play. I want them to play.
Craig Carton (2:44)
No, you don't.
Chris McMonigle (2:45)
I kind of do.
Craig Carton (2:46)
No, you don't.
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