The Patriots are known for providing little, if any, bulletin-board fodder for their opponents, so a tweet from the team’s official Twitter account raised a few eyebrows Thursday.
A photograph of former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez’s infamous fumble in a Thanksgiving game vs. New England in 2012 — known as the “Buttfumble” — was posted along with the words “This seems relevant” and the #TBT hashtag.
But the tweet was later deleted.
Stevan Ridley, a former Patriot who is now with the Jets, was asked what he thought coach Bill Belichick was likely to do to the social media person responsible for the tweet.
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“There’s no telling,” Ridley said. “I’d be surprised if he’s still there.”
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