ANALYSIS/OPINION:
I was seated next to a pair of young women recently and couldn’t help overhearing their conversation. It was about the Super Bowl, this year’s participants, and past Super Bowl parties. Then came a line that just might summarize the opinion of every non-Patriots fan:
“I hate Tom Brady,” said one woman. “But you have to respect what’s he done.”
There’s no argument over the latter sentiment and there’s no confusion over the first one. Her esteem and her enmity for the New England quarterback are perfectly understandable.
Brady has reached the Super Bowl for the ninth time in his 19-year career.