Jets fans burn Patriots jersey in parking lot at first home tailgate of 2024 season

There’s thing rather similar a part rivalry crippled for a location opener, but New York Jets fans took "fired up" to a full caller level successful the parking batch of MetLife Stadium connected Thursday night. 

East Rutherford, New Jersey was the tract for "Thursday Night Football" this week betwixt the Jets and New England Patriots, the team’s AFC East foe they haven’t beaten astatine location since 2015. 

In Section L5 of the parking lot, immoderate Jets fans were seen lighting a No. 10 Patriots jersey connected fire, which was posted to societal media. 

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New York Jets fans cheer against the New England Patriots during the 2nd 4th successful the crippled astatine MetLife Stadium connected September 19, 2024 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Coordinating the lighting was a Jets instrumentality appearing to deterioration a greenish chef’s chapeau and a achromatic chef’s jacket. He besides performed the "J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!" chant that New York superfan "Fireman Ed" leads wrong MetLife Stadium during games.

While the backmost of the jersey couldn’t beryllium seen, erstwhile Patriots backmost Mac Jones utilized to deterioration No. 10 until helium was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars this offseason. 

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But caller Patriots quarterback, 3rd wide prime Drake Maye, besides wears No. 10 for New England successful his rookie season. 

It didn’t instrumentality agelong for the navy blue, reddish and achromatic jersey to airy up successful flames, arsenic the Jets fans successful the assemblage cheered. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) spins the shot connected his digit during warmups earlier a crippled against the New England Patriots astatine MetLife Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

Both teams went into this rivalry matchup astatine 1-1, with the Jets picking up its archetypal triumph of the play past week against the Tennessee Titans connected the road. Meanwhile, the Patriots mislaid successful overtime to the Seattle Seahawks aft stunning the Cincinnati Bengals successful Week 1 connected the road. 

While Jets fans were burning Patriots jerseys, galore entered the stadium donning No. 8 successful greenish and white, showing their enactment for their 40-year-old quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. 

Rodgers was acceptable to measurement connected the MetLife Stadium turf again for the archetypal clip since tearing his Achilles connected the 4th play of the 2023 season. Jets fans were excited to spot Rodgers marque it done the archetypal 2 games and look spry successful the pouch arsenic helium led the offense, but everyone wanted to spot what would hap erstwhile helium returned home. 

New York Jets fans cheer during the archetypal 4th successful the crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the New York Jets astatine MetLife Stadium connected September 19, 2024 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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Well, connected the team’s 2nd thrust of the game, Rodgers orchestrated his archetypal MetLife touchdown thrust arsenic a Jet, uncovering Allen Lazard connected a surface for a 10-yard score. 

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