Rex Ryan role in Adam Sandler film: Patriots fan

(CBS/AP) - For a coach known for his outsized personality, it only makes sense that Rex Ryan is moving into pictures. The New York Jets head coach is reportedly working with Adam Sandler in a movie, in which Ryan plays a Boston lawyer.

Boston? That's right. Ryan's character is, of all things, a New England Patriots fan.

Sandler told NFL Network's Rich Eisen for his podcast Thursday that Ryan is a Boston-based "inexpensive" lawyer in the still-untitled movie. Sandler says Ryan was "loose and funny" about playing "a mammoth Patriots fan" who talks about Bill Belichick and Tom Brady -- a detail that was written into the script for the Jets coach.

Calm down, Jets fans. Remember, it's only make-believe.

Sandler, whose upcoming movie "Jack and Jill" will be in theaters on Nov. 11, is an avid Jets fan who has attended several games, and says Ryan is "really cool" and "nailed" the part.

Nailed it? Fans of Gang Green better hope Ryan wasn't too convincing in his part. The two teams are playing each other on Nov. 13. We wouldn't want any of that "acting" to interfere with Ryan actually coaching the game.