04-05-2006, 04:13 PM
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Tedy on Vrabel : MVP of the Defense last year.
Lots of good stuff in this edition of Reiss' Mailbag. http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal..._05_06/?page=3
Loved this one:
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As for what the team does now, I think Vrabel moves back outside and they fill an inside spot with either Monty Beisel, Ryan Claridge, Eric Alexander or a draft choice. Here was Tedy Bruschi's take on the situation: "It can be either, because of the flexibility Mike Vrabel showed last year. He was able to come back and play inside linebacker. It took me three years to play inside linebacker coming from defensive line out of college. What he did in three weeks really impressed me. He was the MVP of the defense last year, by far, if you ask me. You bring in an inside linebacker, move Vrabel to outside. Bring in an outside linebacker and move Vrabel to inside, that's the flexibility he gives us. I'd rather have him next to me [at inside linebacker], to tell you the truth, because he's a good friend of mine and he's a playmaker. I like playing next to him. But if he needs to be outside, he can do that too. We have a lot of flexibility when it comes to picking a linebacker, and especially with Mike Vrabel."
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Heh. I was in the "No way should we move Vrabel inside" camp that was oh so wrong last year. Vrabes was awesome inside, so now I'm in the "No way should we move Vrabel back outside" camp.. which virtually guarantees, umm...
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