“Tommy DeVito is the odd man out even though he’s a capable backup.” That line from ESPN’s Jordan Raanan cuts like a whistle. Quite impossible to ignore. Because what else is the New Jersey kid supposed to do? He just lit up New England in front of a buzzing MetLife. 17 completions on 20 attempts, 3 touchdowns, and a crowd that roared for him like he’d been wearing blue since the Phil Simms era. Goosebumps.

But the NFL isn’t in the business of fairy tales. Tommy DeVito’s rise was the kind of underdog arc that made you believe in football magic: the undrafted kid. Winning games and being crowned Tommy Cutlets . But permanence doesn’t exist here, not when Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen have stacked the quarterback room like a deck with no wild cards. Russell Wilson is locked

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