Tom Brady will be a free agent in 2020 despite signing a two-year extension.

Brady's new salary for 2019 is $23 million, but his contract includes two seasons that automatically void on the final day of the 2019 league calendar. 

The deal also includes a provision that does not allow the New England Patriots to franchise or transition tag him for the 2020 season.

"Someone can call Tom Brady at 4:01 at the start of the league year in 2020 and try to sign Tom Brady," Ian Rapoport said Monday on NFL Network's Inside Training Camp Live. "All of this is factually correct. I will also add that the relationship between Brady and the Patriots is very good and the Patriots want to do everything they can to make sure that he plays well with them. But still, Tom Brady will be, if for just one second, a free agent after this season."

Brady said Monday that his new contract simply underscores that reality that every player in the NFL is on a year-to-year prospect.

"It's really the reality for most guys in the NFL, I don't want to think I'm any different than anyone else," Brady said. "Football is a tough business. It's a production business. I'm ready to go this year, and that's really what matters, and that's where my focus is. It's a unique situation I'm in -- 20th year with the same team and 42 years old. Pretty much unchartered territory for everybody and I'm going to go out there and be the best I can this year and see what happens."