Mike Vrabel
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" Michael George Vrabel" is 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 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team/Ohio State, Vrabel joined the Houston Texans in January 2014 as linebackers coach.

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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.

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.

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

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'll find out as this season progresses.

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.

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.

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.

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.