Mike Vrabel's Message to Patriots Revealed in NFL Rumors Ahead of Super Bowl 60 vs. Seahawks

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel's final message to his team ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks featured a callback to his first experience in the Big Game.

Per Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, Vrabel opened Sunday's team meeting by playing "Beautiful Day" by U2, who were the halftime performers at Super Bowl XXXVI when the Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams. The former New England linebacker reportedly left his players with three words: "Belief, Identity, Rage."

Vrabel won the first of his three career Super Bowl titles with the Patriots at Super Bowl XXXVI. The game was an instant classic that saw the Rams score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 17 before legendary quarterback Tom Brady marched New England down the field in the final 1:30 of regulation to set up a game-winning 48-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri.

The Patriots are playing in the Super Bowl for the first time since their last title win in the 2018 season. In his first year as the team's head coach, Vrabel led New England to a 14-3 record and was named the 2025 NFL Coach of the Year.

Vrabel was asked how this year's Patriots team compares to the 2001 group that surprised the Rams, who were known for their legendary "Greatest Show on Turf" offense led by legendary quarterback Kurt Warner.

"I think I've always tried to use everything that I've been presented with through my career, from the time that I started playing football, whether that was that game, coaching experience, whatever, that season, we were 5-5 and won nine games after Thanksgiving," Vrabel told reporters this past week. "We always talk about how you have to continue to improve as the season goes along to give yourself a chance to make the tournament and be in the playoffs and ultimately get to where we are today. But I don't really draw too many parallels. I don't know what happened in 2000. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened in 2024. I wasn't here. So I just try to focus on where I'm at and being present and doing what I feel like is best for the football team, whether that was as a player or now as a coach."

The Patriots are hoping to win their seventh Super Bowl title in franchise history, which would break a tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most all-time.