The Patriots will be prepared for everything come Super Bowl Sunday, even the halftime show.

Hours before his first Super Bowl as a head coach, Mike Vrabel made two of the most important calls of his career, and neither was to a player on his roster.

It begins with quarterback Drake Maye, who in just his second season finished second in MVP voting after posting a league-best 72% completion percentage, to go along with 4,394 passing yards and 31 to...