Tom Brady brings his Super Bowl LI call sheet back to television

Tom Brady brought his Super Bowl LI call sheet back onto television, giving Patriots fans a close look at a document from New England's comeback against Atlanta.

FOX Sports posted the clip Sunday, September 13. The network identified the sheet as Brady's from the Patriots' championship win over the Falcons. On screen, the page is dense with small type, divided into columns and broken up by colored headings. It looks like a working football document because that is what it was.

Brady displayed it during Commanders-Eagles, explaining how situation-specific sections guide play selection, according to FOX's accompanying report.

Looking at the page behind 28-3

The close-up gives viewers something to study beyond a replay of the comeback. Rows of calls sit beneath their own headings rather than running together as one long list. The colored bars make the divisions visible even when the individual play names are difficult to read on a phone.

That organization is the useful detail for anyone who has watched a coach glance down at a sheet between snaps. The page contains a lot of information, but its layout provides places to look. In the FOX clip, fans can see the structure of a game plan that usually stays in the hands of coaches and quarterbacks.

The game associated with it needs little introduction in New England. The Patriots erased a 28-3 deficit and beat Atlanta 34-28 in overtime on February 5, 2017. Their 25-point recovery was the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, and the game was the first Super Bowl decided in overtime.

Brady completed 43 of 62 passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns. James White caught 14 passes and scored three touchdowns, including the winning run. The finished box score records how much execution was required after the planning was done.

Brady had kept the paperwork

The sheet also fits a habit Brady had described before joining the broadcast booth. In September 2024, Sports Illustrated reported on his collection of binders holding call sheets, scouting reports and other notes from his 23-year playing career.

In that earlier video, Brady opened his 2016 records and discussed using the material to revisit players, defensive coordinators and schemes. He also said he intended to keep compiling information as a broadcaster. The archive gave him a way to return to a particular opponent or game without relying entirely on memory.

For Patriots fans watching the September 13 clip, one of those preserved pages is now available to examine alongside the familiar result: New England 34, Atlanta 28.