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When Mike Pettine left the New York Jets for the Buffalo Bills, there were reports that he didn't leave on exactly the best of terms with Rex Ryan. The accepted rationale was that Pettine was Manish Mehta's source and the leak in the organization.
Earlier today, Pettine stated that the New England Patriots had copies of the Jets' playbook. This naturally caused a bit of a stir, as Pettine was essentially accusing Bill Belichick of cheating (again). Pettine blamed Ryan for this, stating that he gave out copies of the playbook like candy, for example to University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Belichick, for his part, deflected and told reporters to go ask Pettine about it if they wanted to know.
Then, Ryan went off on Pettine when asked about it after today's practice and completely ethered him:
Rex: "Every single game we've been played with New England has been decided on the field." #nyjets
— Kristian Dyer (@KristianRDyer) June 19, 2014
Rex says that every week, the playbook changes "And if you flip them, they're a lot different each week...to me it's ridiculous." #nyjets
— Kristian Dyer (@KristianRDyer) June 19, 2014
Rex on Pettine: "I don't understand what he's trying to gain by it."
— Kristian Dyer (@KristianRDyer) June 19, 2014
Rex: "Every time we play New England, the game plan is totally different." #nyjets #nyj
— Kristian Dyer (@KristianRDyer) June 19, 2014
Rex on if he will reach out to Pettine: "I don't need to, I'm going on vacation!" #nyjets #nyj
— Kristian Dyer (@KristianRDyer) June 19, 2014
Rex: "Nick Saban’s a personal friend with Bill Belichick. He’s a friend of mine as well." #nyj
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex: "There’s a couple things that ticked me off." #nyj
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex is pretty fired up over this.
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex essentially defending Belichick, saying it discredits a great coach.
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex on Pettine: "He needs to learn to be quiet. Absolutely." #nyj
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex pointed out that his playbook changes every year. #nyj
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
RT @KevinGArmstrong: Alabama coach Nick Saban says he never gave copy of Jets playbook to Patriots and never would, per Alabama spokesman.
— Seth Walder (@SethWalderNYDN) June 19, 2014
Rex: "Everyone needs to speak to Pettine because it seems lik ehe's got all the information." #nyj
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) June 19, 2014
Rex on his relationship with Pettine right now, "It's in a bad spot right now," he says in a good-natured way. #nyj
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) June 19, 2014