“Tom Brady was typically off from February to end of July.”
And gone virtually all the time the other six months. There’s always two sides...
She should be there supporting him on the road
Half the games were at Foxborough so he could come home at night. And even with travel for away games he was still so much better off than hundreds of thousands of Americans who did long and dangerous tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
NFL teams only play 8-9 road games a year, and travel in the Saturday before a Sunday game. So they're only away from home about 16-18 days during the season. Maybe 20-35 with playoffs. Most teams have training camp at home as well these days.