Mike Vrabel Quotes


Mike Vrabel

When we went to (the 4-3 defense), there were a lot negative plays. The defense gave them a lot of trouble with (Richard) Seymour and Jarvis.

We do seem to be able to handle these situations pretty well.

I think you get this certain stigma that ?This guy can do a lot of things,? but you just want to be able to help the team, ... It?s fun because it?s something different. It breaks up the year a little bit when you go over there in offensive meetings or another meeting to learn a different position. It makes everything go by a little faster.

I think you could take that and turn it around to a number of positions,

When we went to the 4-3, I thought we gave them some problems. We`re going to make changes every week on the fly. We`ve got a lot of different ways of being aggressive.

That`s always been the strength of this coaching staff and this team. (We) go from series to series and make changes '“ get over to the sidelines and do it in just a few minutes.

Our worst game last year was opening night against the Colts. We need to take this and build on it and move forward. We think we`re a better defense than what we showed . . . but we need to go out and prove it.

We`ll find out ... as this season progresses. We`ve always had the ability to change things simply to give us the best chance to win. It`s not done just to get a guy into the game.

We`ll find out as this season progresses,

When we went to a 4-3, it gave them some problems. We`re going to make changes every week -- between series and on the fly.






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