Time to hang them up, Tom

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field after the Super Bowl LII loss.COMMENTARY

There was a torrent of words after Super Bowl LII on Sunday night. There was the entirely justified praise for everyone associated with the Philadelphia Eagles. There was the tsunami of insulting flummery from the New England Patriots brain trust, which wasn’t even seriously trying to defend the absurd benching of Malcolm Butler. (And, while we’re at, what was that idiotic reverse you tried on the kickoff late in the game?) There was the usual thumping of various corporate tubs and the inevitable cascade of clichés. But, lost in all the words, the most interesting thing anybody said came from…