Mike Vrabel doesn’t buy that Patriots’ white uniforms provide good luck

Mike Vrabel wasn’t too involved about what uniforms the Patriots would put on for Tremendous Bowl LX.

When the Patriots’ head coach was requested in regards to the crew’s determination to put on white jerseys and pants for subsequent Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Seahawks, Vrabel indicated that he didn’t care what the crew would put on for Tremendous Bowl LX.

“We needed to choose blue or white, and we went with white. I suppose the blue would have been a good suggestion. So long as we’ve bought a uniform on,” Vrabel advised reporters on Friday. “I went by way of this with the uniform police in Tennessee. I attempt to not get too concerned with it. We’re the house crew. We get to decide on. Guys just like the white uniforms.”

The gamers have a very good motive to love the white uniforms. The Patriots are 5-0 after they put on white jerseys and pants this season. They’re additionally 6-0 within the video games they’ve worn their white jerseys within the 2025 marketing campaign.

Whereas these stats may recommend the Patriots have good luck after they put on white, Vrabel isn’t shopping for into the superstition.

“There we go. I hope the tooth fairy comes tonight, too,” Vrabel mentioned when these stats had been introduced up. “We’ll be actual excited.”

Tremendous Bowl historical past additionally means that the Patriots’ opting to put on their white jerseys was a powerful transfer. Groups that put on their white jersey within the Tremendous Bowl are 37-22 all-time. Within the final 21 years, that stat favors the crew that wears its white jersey much more. The crew that wears its away uniform within the Tremendous Bowl is 16-5 within the final 21 Tremendous Bowls. Nevertheless, the crew carrying their dwelling jerseys gained the Tremendous Bowl in every of the final two years.

The Patriots have helped contribute to that stat in an enormous method. They’ve gained their white jerseys in 4 of their final 5 Tremendous Bowl wins, which all occurred within the final 21 years.

However should you’re a believer that the uniform selection will assist the Patriots, you is likely to be in a little bit of a conundrum. The Seahawks are 6-0 in video games they’ve worn navy blue jerseys and pants this season, which is what they’ll put on for Tremendous Bowl LX.

So, it is likely to be clever to not make your Tremendous Bowl choose based mostly on the uniform colours of the groups enjoying in subsequent Sunday’s recreation.