New York and Boston Football Fans React to Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' Suspension

Patriots loyalists react with anger while rival fans responded with humor.

ByABC News
July 29, 2015, 4:27 PM
New England Patriot's quarterback Tom Brady arrives for his appeal hearing at NFL headquarters in New York, June 23, 2015.
New England Patriot's quarterback Tom Brady arrives for his appeal hearing at NFL headquarters in New York, June 23, 2015.
Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

— -- Football fans were divided over NFL's four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, especially in rival cities Boston and New York City, taking to social media to show their support for or blast the quarterback.

During the press conference today, Pats coach Bill Belichick kept his comments very brief, focusing on the fact that the Patriots are preparing for the future football season.

The team's owner Robert Kraft said, "I continue to believe and unequivocally support Tom Brady" and called the league's decision "unfathomable."

Patriots fans are reacting with outrage. More than 7,250 people have signed a petition to boycott the first half of the Patriots' first game of the season.

Brady has denied that he knew about the alleged use of deflated footballs during the AFC championship against the Indianapolis Colts. The Pats won 45-7 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, leading to their eighth Super Bowl appearance.

Here's how fans across the country, including Patriots loyalists and rival Giants followers, responded to today's press conference and Brady's suspension:

Boston reaction:

Reactions included anger at Goodell:

Sadness:

And disdain for other fans:

To enjoyment:

New York reaction:

Many New Yorkers relished in Brady's suspension.

Some were self-deprecating.

Others responded with jest:

Bill Belichick: "We're on to the next Gate". (No, he didn't really say that, but that would've been funny).

— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) July 29, 2015

Other noteworthy reactions from around the country:

Other noteworthy reactions from around the country:

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