TAMPA, Fla. — To paraphrase Otter in Animal House:
Tom Brady messed up. He trusted us.
He believed the offensive line was good enough to protect a 45-year-old quarterback. (It wasn’t.) He thought there were enough receivers to absorb the loss of Rob Gronkowski. (There weren’t.) He seemed sure that Byron Leftwich could ace a game plan without Bruce Arians. (He couldn’t.)