FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With the New England Patriots hosting the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night, it has naturally sparked reflections of Super Bowl LI.

One of the poignant, emotional stories of that week was quarterback Tom Brady dedicating the game to his mother, Galynn, who had been undergoing cancer treatments.

NFL Network's "NFL GameDay Morning" program, which airs at 7 a.m. ET Sunday, will revisit that storyline in a piece that includes an interview with Galynn and Tom Brady Sr.

"There's a special bond between a mother and a son," Galynn says in the piece, which is reported by Andrea Kremer. "I just wanted to be there for Tommy, and I wanted to be there with our family. Everybody was going to the Super Bowl and I didn't want to miss that."

In the piece, Galynn is holding hands with her husband of 48 years, Tom Brady Sr., as she details the initial diagnosis.

"I just remember sitting in the doctor's office and them telling me 'You have breast cancer. It's only stage 2.' And so the journey began," she says.

The elder Brady also shares how FaceTime was an important part of staying in touch while they were on different coasts.

In the middle of the season, they had talked about one long-range goal.

"He knew our frustration of not being able to be back there with him. He said, 'You'll be ready for the Super Bowl.' He told us that in the middle of the season," Brady Sr. relays. "We did have it charted out that the end of her five months was going to be two weeks before the Super Bowl."