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It was roughly midway through Thursday night’s game between the Giants and the New England Patriots and the score was tied. Tom Brady, 42, had thrown one interception, and more crucially, had fumbled while being sacked on another play, a mishap that directly led to a Giants touchdown.
Brady, his expression a mixture of irritation and exasperation, sat on the bench cheerlessly shaking his head side to side.
On the Giants sideline, the rookie quarterback Daniel Jones was pacing in front of his bench. Jones, 20 years younger than Brady and with 20 fewer years of N.