How Patriots adopted ‘Road Warrior’ mentality with biggest test looming

FOXBORO — In the midst of a stretch when the Patriots were scheduled for — and won — three straight road games, a mantra stuck. Head coach Mike Vrabel played a clip from the 1979 film, “The Warriors,” when a rival gang member taunts the titular group by chanting, “Warriors, come out to play.” “We definitely took to it,” safety Dell Pettus said. “It’s something that we get to bring along with us when we’re traveling and playing on the road. I just think us being a resilient group and being in close games before with each other, we always say, ‘we all we got, we all we need.’ And like, that’s definitely true when we go on the road, because everybody’s rooting against you. Somebody’s got to...