Ray Romano cautiously optimistic about Jets amid hype: 'I’m trying not to get too sucked into it'

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Ray Romano is like every other New York Jets fan at the start of the NFL season. He just wants to see his team win a second Super Bowl championship for the first time since the 1968 season.

But there are reasons to be hopeful.

The Jets are coming off of a season in which Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner won Rookie of the Year on offense and defense, respectively. The team made one of the biggest trades in franchise history, acquiring Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers. All while their defense was fourth in yards allowed and points allowed.

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Ray Romano attends the New York Jets versus Seattle Seahawks game at MetLife Stadium on October 2, 2016, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Al Pereira/WireImage)

But for Romano – a New York City native who is also a New York Yankees fan – he appeared to be cautiously hopeful about the Jets’ prospects. When asked whether he was more optimistic about the Jets or the Yankees, the comedian responded that the Yankees "always got potential" to make a run whereas the Jets can always leave you broken on Sundays.

"The Jets seem to … every year, I get my hopes up and I’m optimistic, and it just doesn’t pan out," he told Fox News Digital in a recent interview ahead of the American Century Championship later this week. "But I’m never going to give up. I’m never going to give up on them. And my boys are the same way.

"My boys followed me and even more so. They’re super diehard [Jets fans]," Romano continued. "They put the uniforms on every Sunday. They put the shirts on and the hats and all that. But I mean, listen, there’s excitement now surrounding