New England Patriots

Here's how Tom Brady spent his first Sunday without football

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:17 p.m. ET

Brett Smiley

On Sunday, Tom Brady sat on a couch in his Boston home while 2,300 miles away, the New England Patriots prepared to battle the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. It was Game 1 of Brady's four-game Deflategate suspension and it turns out he spent the day like millions of NFL fans: some family time, a little sweat and a lot of football.

Here's how Brady described the first gameday exile during an interview on Monday with Jim Gray on Westwood One:

Brady also added: "And it was great to see the Patriots finish off the night with a huge win in Arizona, so I was really pumped to see that."

That will make life easier for him when he returns in Week 5 at Cleveland. It also helps that all of the other AFC East teams added one to the loss column, giving the Pats an early start at another division title.