"Given the choice of the gameday attire, the Patriots leadership group opted for their road whites. "I guess the blue would have been a good idea. As long as we've got a uniform on," Mike Vrabel said last week. "I went through this with the uniform police in Tennessee. I try not to get too involved with it. We're the home team. We get to choose. Guys like the white uniforms.""
"As unorthodox as it might be, New England's track record away from Gillette Stadium speaks for itself. The Patriots are 9-0 this season in road games - and 5-0 in bouts where they wear both their white jerseys and white pants. But the decision to pack those road whites isn't rooted into that sterling record. "There we go. I hope the tooth fairy comes tonight, too," Vrabel said sarcastically when New England's record was brought up. "We'll be real excited.""
"The 2025 Patriots embraced the label of "Road Warriors" - for more reasons than one. "This season is like a storybook - everybody had their own experiences throughout their lives, and they kind of inserted them in this team," Stefon Diggs said. "Like the 'road warrior' concept, going on the road, going in a hostile environment - it's just like something we kind of got conditioned to do.""
The Patriots are the designated home team for Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium but chose to wear their road white uniforms in Santa Clara. Team leaders picked white because many players prefer it and because the roster has built an identity around performing best away from Gillette Stadium. New England finished 9-0 on the road this season and 5-0 when wearing both white jerseys and white pants. Coach Mike Vrabel and players embraced a 'Road Warriors' mantra that celebrates playing in hostile, adverse environments. Stefon Diggs said teammates inserted personal experiences into the team and became conditioned to thrive on the road.
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