On the morning after the full season after, Tom Brady was hit with this perfect question from Tampa Bay’s coach, Bruce Arians.
Isn’t he always on the yacht of life? Or resort? Or – count ‘em – the now seven-ringed circus?
“Nah, I’m home,’' said Brady, his voice raspy from a long, happy night in which he got two hours of sleep.
It was a different team for Brady this year, a different set of doubts to overcome for this seventh Super Bowl win, this one 31-9 over Kansas City. But it carried the same lesson to the Dolphins and about 25 other teams: Until you have one of the six or seven franchise quarterbacks in the league, you don’t have a prayer.