Rhamondre Stevenson could be a big key in Sunday's Super Bowl in Satna Clara, Calif. (AP photo)

SAN FRANCISCO – Mike Vrabel doesn’t think it will be that easy to run the football on Sunday in Super Bowl LX.

That’s because he’s wary of Seattle’s front four

“Again, they play with great technique, they play with great effort,” the New England Patriots coach said on Wedesday during the team’s next-to-last pre-game media availability. “They’re talented. Different skill sets. May look at [Byron] Murphy [II] and he has one skill set. You look at Leonard Williams, different skill set.

“Both play square. They play with their hands. The edge guys set sometimes vertical edges, sometimes they mix in some movement. They don’t get moved off the line of scrimmage. If you don’t move the line of scrimmage, it’s going to be hard to run the football.”

That’s not good news for what the Patriots want to do on offense, as back Rhamondre Stevenson has had a stellar postseason. Don’t be surprised if the Patriots throw a lot on first down.

“It’s up to me, the O-line and TreVeyon (fellow back Henderson) to get the run game going,” he said. “That’s a great team over there. They’re going to want to stop the run and we’re going to want to run the ball. It’s an identity matchup, I would say … Whoever could do (their identity) better will come out with a ‘W’.”

DIGGS FEELS FOR VAUGHN

Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs said he feels for U.S. Olympic skier Lindsay Vaughn, who tore her ACL but says she will try to continue to compete next week in Milan.

“I could imagine,” Diggs said. “Prayers to her, number one. I hope her surgery, when she does get it, goes successful. It’s crazy that anybody who has torn their ACL, they know like a week or a couple days maybe sometimes, people can run. “People can do whatever they need to do once they get the swelling out. So, it’s kind of a weird injury. As long as you’re not cutting and deceling, I think she should be fine.”

Diggs says it takes an incredible drive.

“If she’s at the Olympics, she’s obviously an amazing athlete,” he said. “Shout out to her, her mental toughness and whatever she’s going through. Hopefully she can go out there, give it her best. As long as she doesn’t have to stop and decel, I think she’ll be all right. Fingers crossed, prayers to her and hope it goes well.”

MAYE THE MAIN ATTRACTION

Vrabel said that he knew he was coming to coach a team with a good quarterback. Otherwise, he might not be the Patriots head coach.

“I think I probably realized that before I got here,” Vrabel said. “That’s a large part of the reason that I wanted to be here. There were plays in training camp and things that he did, whether his – I think the thing was the accuracy outside of the pocket or on the move, I touched on it, the way he plays the position, he has an athletic nature to the way that he plays the position. So, I think that’s somewhat unique.

” I think that everybody has a different skill set, and he’s comfortable in the pocket. I think his ability to transfer up into the pocket to make moves, to make throws off platform and different angles, has been impressive.”

STEVENSON ENJOYING THE TEAM

“I’ve never been on a team like this,” Stevenson said. “I’ve talked more to the defense than I ever have before. It’s usually not like that.”