The brash-talking Jets coach plays, of all things, a New England Patriots fan in an upcoming movie starring Adam Sandler. NFL Network’s Rich Eisen revealed the news on his Thursday podcast that featured Sandler.

Ryan plays a Boston lawyer in “I Hate You, Dad,” which was filmed in Massachusetts last summer.

– Manish Mehta, N.Y. Daily News.

Pretty much everything both Rex Ryan and Adam Sandler do these days prompts a hell of a lot of snark, but I’ll tell you this much: I’m going to see the hell out of this movie.

Jack and Jill looks awful, as did I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Grown Ups. But as far as I’m concerned, Adam Sandler can do whatever he wants.

I learned so much about what I think is funny from Sandler’s first two comedy albums, “They’re All Gonna Laugh at You” and “What the Hell Happened to Me?”. If I never encountered those tapes as a teenager, I imagine you’d be reading a very, very different website right now — or maybe not reading it at all. If this site entertains you, you owe something to Adam Sandler.

Very, very few comedians remain funny and relevant for any extended period of time. There are a lot of reasons why, none I’m too eager to hash out here. But obviously everyone knows Sandler’s goofy shtick now and he has drifted toward self-parody, so it’s easy to take shots at him.

I can’t because I still like him too much. I actually think it’s kind of sad, in a nostalgic sort of way, that people see Adam Sandler now as the guy doing silly things in (presumably) awful movies like Jack and Jill instead of the guy doing silly things in hysterical movies like Billy Madison.

And I imagine there will be enough easy chuckles in I Hate You, Dad for me to get through it in support of Rex Ryan’s acting career.

Not looking forward to the inevitable “Rex Ryan should spend less time making Adam Sandler movies and more time studying film” columns though. How dare he do anything else!

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