{"id":722344,"date":"2026-02-01T22:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722344\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:02:17","slug":"thousands-brave-freezing-temperatures-to-attend-patriots-super-bowl-send-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722344\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands brave freezing temperatures to attend Patriots Super Bowl send-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update 2\/1\/2026: Thousands brave freezing temperatures to attend Patriots Super Bowl send-off<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before boarding their team plane to Santa Clara, the New England Patriots held a Super Bowl send-off rally at Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite freezing temperatures, thousands of fans showed up to support the team. They were treated to a diverse program that featured speeches by the team, franchise legends as well as a performance by the Dropkick Murphys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Among those addressing the crowd was head coach Mike Vrabel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis is beyond my wildest dreams for the fans to have embraced us in this first year in this program the way that you have,\u201d Vrabel said. \u201cI said all along, if our players played up to the standard that you guys expected and the effort with which they would play and their style of football, you would come out. And come out you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also speaking to the fans were team owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft as well as quarterback Drake Maye. Wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Mack Hollins \u2014 the latter playing into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-opinion\/120948\/sunday-notes-movie-road-warriors-identity-super-bowl-seahawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRoad Warrior\u201d mentality<\/a> the team has adopted this season \u2014 also took the stage to get the fans fired up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Following the event, the Patriots boarded busses to head to T.F. Green Airport in Providence. They will take on th Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">You can rewatch the rally here:<\/p>\n<p>Original story 2\/1\/2026: Watch Patriots Super Bowl send-off rally live from Gillette Stadium<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New England Patriots will travel to Santa Clara, CA, on Sunday for their upcoming Super Bowl matchup with the Seattle Seahawks. Before leaving for T.F. Green Airport in Providence, however, they will hold a send-off rally at Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Patriots owner Robert Kraft, head coach Mike Vrabel and select team captains will address the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For those not in attendance, the Patriots are providing a live stream on their social media platforms. The stream will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 1, with the program itself set to start 30 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For those not in attendance, the Patriots are providing a live stream on their social media platforms. The stream will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday, Feb. 1, with the program itself set to start 30 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The full schedule for the Patriots\u2019 send-off rally looks like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Patriots\u2019 team buses will leave Gillette Stadium for T.F. Green Airport at around 11:30 a.m. ET. They will take on the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX next Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2\/1\/2026: Thousands brave freezing temperatures to attend Patriots Super Bowl send-off Before boarding their team plane to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,103282,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-722344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-super-bowl","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115997635020461987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}