This is when the undisguised national contempt for the New England Patriots rears its unseemly head. When fans of the 31 other NFL teams become so blinded by envy they cannot appreciate the living history playing out before them. So we complain how supposedly “boring” it is that the Pats are back in the Super Bowl. We haul out unsupported conspiracy theories about favoritism. Maybe dust off a Deflategate reference, just for fun. We do everything except what we should — which is genuflect to the greatest franchise in modern American sports.
Tom Brady, at age 40, with 12 stitches in his throwing hand, is better than your team’s quarterback.