I Ate Like Tom Brady for Two Weeks and Now I Don’t Hate Him Anymore

Being a football fan is complicated. Many of us are born into our allegiance. Team loyalty can feel like it’s a strand of DNA woven into our bones; we patriotically dedicate our autumn Sundays in what Jerry Seinfeld once referred to as little more than an enthusiastic love of uniforms. We love our football teams like they’re family members — even more than that, like royalty, like gods. We collect stats like they’re…