Mike Vrabel
Mike Vrabel
Michael George Vrabelis a former American football linebacker and current linebackers coach for the Houston Texans in the National Football League. He played college football at Ohio State University, where he earned consensus All-American honors. He was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He also played professionally for the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. After spending three years coaching linebackers and defensive linemen at Ohio State, Vrabel joined the Texans...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth14 August 1975
CityAkron, OH
I've always tried to think that it was an unwritten rule that you never try to put yourself in another team's locker room.
We lost last week. We had to bounce back. It so happened it was the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Our development as a group is not good. You look at where we're at defensively and what we've done, and it's not good. That has nothing to do with new guys/old guys, it's got a lot to do with guys that have to play better, everybody.
We do seem to be able to handle these situations pretty well.
That's what is all-important to everybody in here, ... that you make the decision that's in the best interest of your family.
I think if you're going to give up 400 yards a game, you'd better be pretty good in the red zone. That's been our saving grace. It wasn't enough last week because obviously we lost. But we can do it. You just can't do it some games and then not some (other) games. You can't be good against the run one week (and not the next). It's (about) consistency.
Win, lose, win, lose . . . we've been doing that all year. We've got to start stringing a few of these together.
We got to 10 wins and I still think there are things we need to tighten up.
But we kept it close. It's important for us that you keep it close, because we have a lot of confidence that if we keep it close, we can win it in the end.
Since he?s been here, he?s been the heart and soul of our defense. I don?t know what the situation is, but hopefully it?s nothing serious.
Since he's been here, ... he's been the heart and soul of our defense.
This will be a great test. It?s a division opponent, so there?s a lot of familiarity from the head coach right on down. This is a team that?s physical and has gone on the record as saying they want to play physical, dominate people and run the football, and it shows. They are doing that. It?s impressive, so it?s going to be a huge challenge.
(New England) has a great group of guys and we've been successful. Also to have a little bit of personal success has been nice,
It's not done just to get a guy into the game.