The New York Jets need the game to save their playoff hopes from falling apart. Rex Ryan needs the game to save face. After boasting for the second straight day his team is better than the New York Giants, Ryan acknowledged Tuesday that he's going to get hammered by critics if the Jets fall short to the Giants on Saturday in the Battle of New York at MetLife Stadium. "I feel like I have to win this game because I put it out there, I want to be the better team in our city, there's no doubt," Ryan said, adding that if they lose, "it's going to fall on one person, and that's the way it should be. It's coming right on top of me, and that's fine. And when we win, it'll be about the Jets." Read more: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto...lame-falls-new-york-giants-beat-new-york-jets