In a matter of hours, the unthinkable saga playing out for the New England Patriots will move into act two. The first? It has been both wounding and incomprehensible for the New England fan base — with the most hurtful dagger yet coming in the form of a Tom Brady Instagram picture in which he not only signs his Tampa Bay Buccaneers contract, but smiles as he twists the knife.
But there is a second act of this saga that’s about to open. A development that only a few years ago would have been almost as insane as Brady leaving New England.