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Mike Vrabel on the ‘critical’ play vs. the Chargers, the Patriots’ identity, and the state of his bloody lip

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was quick to dismiss any concern about the bloody lip he sustained in a celebratory moment at the end of his team’s 16-3 wild-card win over the Chargers on Sunday night.

Having secured victory in his postseason debut as New England’s head coach, Vrabel — who was accidentally hit in the mouth by defensive tackle Milton Williams — was in predictably good spirits when he stopped by WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Monday morning.

“It’s fine,” Vrabel noted of the lip. “I was fine the second it happened.