EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have started discussions about place-kicker Josh Brown and his future with the team a day after returning from a game in London.

Coach Ben McAdoo said Monday that the team’s front office met to talk about Brown, and that he would probably join those talks either later in the evening or on Tuesday morning.

The NFL placed Brown on paid leave Friday after the kicker disclosed in journals and emails released by authorities in the state of Washington that he abused his then-wife.

The Giants did not allow Brown to leave with them Thursday for London for Sunday’s 17-10 win over the Los Angeles Rams.

McAdoo said Brown was not there Monday, a day the players had off. He also said he does not expect the 37-year-old to be at the facility Tuesday, when the players meet for the final time before a bye-week vacation.

The first-year coach would not say whether he wanted Brown’s status with the team determined before the players return from their break next Monday.

Brown’s future has overshadowed everything to do with the team following Wednesday’s release of police records that contained the player’s written admissions that he physically abused his wife, Molly, over a protracted period.

She told police in the documents released by the King County Sheriff’s Office that the abuse and other threatening behavior stretched from 2009, when she was pregnant with their daughter, to the Pro Bowl in January 2016.

Brown, who told the media in August that his arrest in 2015 was a one-time issue, was re-signed by the Giants to a two-year, $4 million contract in April despite the team’s knowledge of his arrest and the Pro Bowl incident.

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