Mike Vrabel
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Mike Vrabel has worked as an American football player and, subsequently, as an American football coach — two roles that have defined his career in the sport.
Born on August 14, 1975, in Akron, Ohio, Vrabel is a citizen of the United States. He attended Walsh Jesuit High School before going on to study at Ohio State University, where his path in American football took shape.
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Vrabel was educated at Ohio State University, a program with a long history of producing professional football talent, and his dual occupational record — as both player and coach — suggests a career spent entirely within the structure of American football at its higher levels.
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Quotes by Mike Vrabel
And I don't think we're necessarily done. This team is set up for championships. I don't think we're necessarily finished. It's just that we've done all we can do this year.
He's obviously made his fair share of plays here. He's made game-changing and game-winning plays. I think that when you look at it like that, you're getting another guy out there that has the ability to make those types of plays and help us.
If I stood here and I had eight sacks and four picks, something like that, then I could say, 'Well, some other guys need to step up.' That's not the case. We all have to play better. We all realize that. We've got the guys in here that can do it. Guys have proven that they can do it.
So at 250 pounds, I was trying to play that position my first year in Pittsburgh, and soon after that we changed to linebacker, but it took some time, ... It wasn't like they didn't have good players. Obviously, you've seen the type of players that leave Pittsburgh and go on to play other places.
They've run away with so many games, it's pretty much been over by the middle of the third quarter. That was our whole thing, to make it a football game -- keep it competitive and have a chance to win at the end. We handle those situations pretty well.
That kind of stamina and production over the course of eight or nine years is impressive. He's been a great teammate. He's done everything to help this team win. I think we're going to start to see a lot more Corey (in the coming games).
It's always good to win, because a win in this league is worth a lot. We can play so much better than that. But this is our football team. No matter who's not here, this is it. The team we suited up tonight is the team we've got all year. We've got to accept that and get on with it.
It was important for us to just keep it close. They win so many games here, going away. We just wanted to be competitive and make it a game.
