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New York Jets fans troll New England Patriots with airplane banner

By Alex Butler
New England Patriots Devin McCourty tackles New York Jets Chris Ivory after Ivory gains 8 yards in the overtime period in week 7 of the NFL season at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on October 20, 2013. The Jets defeated the Patriots in overtime 30-27. UPI /John Angelillo
New England Patriots Devin McCourty tackles New York Jets Chris Ivory after Ivory gains 8 yards in the overtime period in week 7 of the NFL season at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on October 20, 2013. The Jets defeated the Patriots in overtime 30-27. UPI /John Angelillo | License Photo

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., July 30 (UPI) -- Once upon a time New England Patriots players scoffed at the New York Jets coach Rex Ryan's love for feet.

Now Jets fans are footing the bill to troll the Patriots, in the midst of DeflateGate.

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On Thursday morning while the Patriots opened camp, a small plane trailed a banner around Gillette Stadium that read: "CHEATERS LOOK UP! @JETSFANMEDIA.

The Twitter account belongs to a Jets fan site. Tom Brady attended the practice wearing a numberless red practice jersey, amid fan applause.

ABC's WCVB Channel 5 Boston posted a picture on its Facebook account of a plane flying a group of banners that listed the Patriots' four championships.

We imagine this is what it would look like if fans of the New England Patriots chartered a plane to fly over New York Jets camp. http://on.wcvb.com/1I4E0tq Share with other #Patriots fans.

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Posted by WCVB Channel 5 Boston on Thursday, July 30, 2015

Former Patriots player Wes Welker made 11 references to feet during a 2011 press conference. In 2010, Deadspin reported a story that included pictures of a foot fetish "celebrity" that it claimed to be Ryan's wife.

In May, Ryan told NFL Network that he wasn't "feeling sorry for anyone," surrounding DeflateGate.

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