The NFL has been heavy of late, especially the morning after a Tom Brady and Bill Belichick matchup that, throughout its week of hype, felt more like a thorough assessment of a divorce than the preamble to a football game.
The best stories take us there, of course. We long to understand what is happening behind the curtain, which coach didn’t show up to the player’s birthday party, whose feelings were hurt, who cattily talks behind the others’ back; in short, who hates whom. We like it because it levels the playing field and reminds us that we’re all human.