New England Patriots
Mack Hollins is not any stranger to stealing headlines together with his pregame outfits.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mack Hollins is not any stranger to stealing headlines relating to his pregame apparel earlier than Patriots video games.
The veteran wideout has already dressed up as a colonial-era minuteman, arrived shirtless amid snowfall in Foxborough, and dressed as a personality from the film, “The Warriors” earlier than the AFC title recreation two weekends in the past.
Certain sufficient, the veteran wideout as soon as once more bought inventive together with his pregame outfit forward of Tremendous Bowl LX between the Patriots and Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium.
A couple of hours earlier than kick-off, Hollins arrived dressed up in a jumpsuit with handcuffs throughout his wrists and with shackles at his ankles. He additionally wore spit masks throughout his face, much like the muzzle worn by Hannibal Lecter within the film “Silence of the Lambs.”
Hollins was not completed.
Throughout warmups, Hollins — barefoot, after all — took to the sphere whereas carrying a Mike Vrabel jersey — albeit from his highschool days at Walsh Jesuit Excessive Faculty in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
It ought to come as little shock that the Patriots have rallied round Vrabel — who won the 2025 NFL Coach of the Year earlier this week.
“Our coach believed in us,” Stefon Diggs stated of Vrabel after the AFC title recreation. “He helped us construct this identification that he speaks of. He held everyone to the identical commonplace, one thing I’m tremendous grateful for. I understand that it begins on the head.
“While you maintain everyone to the identical commonplace, and also you maintain everyone to the identical necessities each day, you maintain your teammates accountable. … The camaraderie and the group chemistry that he constructed from the top teaching place is second to none. I hope that he wins Coach of the 12 months as a result of he’s in all probability the most effective coach I ever had.”
Vrabel, for his half, additionally had a singular pregame accent as he arrived in Santa Clara.
As he bought off the bus, each Vrabel and defensive sort out Khyiris Tonga have been carrying leis — with Vrabel telling NBC’s Melissa Stark that they have been a present.
“As I used to be getting on the bus, Khyiris Tonga stated that his mother wished me to have this. She made some for the gamers and for me, they usually got here proper from Hawaii, so I don’t wish to disappoint Tonga or his mother,” Vrabel advised Stark.
Stark then requested Vrabel if he deliberate on carrying it throughout Sunday’s recreation.
“Nope. It’s simply going to be journey gear, however I do admire the gesture,” Vrabel replied.
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