COMMENTARY
Tom Brady will be in the house on Sunday. This used to be pretty standard stuff.
So, too, did the hope Brady carried in his wake like a trail of for Patriot fans over the course of two decades.
That “hope,” normally an annual rite of passage in Foxborough, has receded from Super Bowl aspirations to more mundane outcomes. Like, seeing quarterback Mac Jones survive the season’s first month behind an offensive line that might as well employ five Wal-Mart greeters — that’s a more appropriate spot to address wild expectations.