Tom Brady is taking a leave of absence from football to deal with "personal matters."


Head coach Todd Bowles announced Thursday at a press conference that Tom Brady has taken a leave

"Tom was excused today. He'll be taking a break — he'll be back somewhere after Tennessee.

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"He's going to deal with some personal issues," Bowles told NBC Sports.

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"This was something we discussed before training camp started. "We allotted this time because he wanted to get in

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and get chemistry with the guys, as well as go through two weeks of training camp knowing he wasn't going to play the first two games

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"He didn't want to deprive Blaine [Gabbert] and Kyle [Trask] of reps, as well as 'Griff' [Ryan Griffin], going into these next two games."

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