Inside Mike Vrabel’s coaching style with New England Patriots | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

MIKE. YEAH, SO YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT ABOUT HOW THE PATRIOTS SHOULD BE BETTER THAN 2 AND 2. UM, HOW DOES MIKE VRABEL THE HEAD COACH DEAL WITH THESE? DEFICIENCIES THESE FLAWS, THESE LOST OPPORTUNITIES GAMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN HIM WITH TENNESSEE, COACHES WAY TO A VICTORY, NOT END UP LOSING WHEN IT’S A CLOSE GAME LIKE THAT. IT’S INTERESTING. OPPOSED TO SAYING HOW THE IN-GAME STUFF IS GOING. IT’S IS THE POST GAME. YOU KNOW, ANDRE STEVENSON WAS TOO FUMBLES. HAD 9 OVER THE LAST WHATEVER IT WAS 17 GAMES, WHICH IS INSANE AND THEY’RE NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, FUMBLES THAT COME ON VIOLENT OR UNEXPECTED HITS THEY’RE BARELY CONTACTED AND HE’S PUTTING THE BALL DOWN. ABSOLUTELY DESERVES. PUNISHMENT, A SOMETHING THAT SAYS, LOOK, WE RELY. REALLY GOOD. BUT WE CAN’T HAVE THAT FROM 1 OF OUR BEST PLAYERS AND INSTEAD MIKE GOES THE OTHER WAY AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT’S A LOT OF PLAYERS NEED TO HELP OUT ON THOSE PLAYS WHEN THERE’S NOTHING. ANYONE ELSE COULD HAVE DONE TO HELP HIM AND WE NEED VERMONT DRAKE. SO, MIKE’S TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE BETWEEN THE URGENCY OF WINNING NOW, BECAUSE THE EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH BECAUSE THEY ARE AN IMPROVED TEAM AND BEING A A GUY WHO CUTS OFF YOUR NOSE, DESPITE YOUR FACE, THE WAY BILL WOULD THE WAY MAYBE BILL PARCELLS WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO ME? I’M SORRY I JUST SORT OF PRODUCER. UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT’S 1 THING. THE NEEDLE BETWEEN I THINK THAT’S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE I REMEMBER VERBAL TALKING ABOUT STEVENSON AND FUMBLES EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HE SAID, IT’S NOT A 1-MAN PROBLEM. IT’S AN 11-MAN PROBLEM BECAUSE IF YOU PROPERLY BLOCK YOUR GUY THAT LAST GUY ISN’T COMING IN. TO TRY TO PUNCH THE BALL OUT, BUT THE LAST GUY WAS NEVER GETTING THERE. THAT’S, THAT’S WHAT’S CRAZY. HE WAS GETTING HE WAS DROPPING THE BALL ON FIRST CONTACT, SO WE’RE ALL. WE’RE GETTING RIGHT. BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS YOU TRY TO COME UP WITH POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR THE PLAYER. INSTEAD OF BECAUSE HE’S ALREADY GONNA BE IN HIS HENRY LOOK, LOOK AT HOW DISMAYED HE WAS AFTER HE HAD THAT FUMBLE AGAINST THE LIONS, 10 DAYS AGO AND HE LIKE FALLS DOWN, LIKE KRAMER ON THE BENCH WHEN HE SLAMS HIS HELMET ONTO THE POST. LIKE, AND AND HE HE JUST WAS BESIDE HIMSELF, YOU GOT TO GET THE PLAYERS HEAD IN THE GAME BECAUSE FUMBLES ARE GOING TO HAVE AND THEY’RE NOT DOING IT ON PURPOSE. THAT’S THE THING. IT’S NOT LIKE THE KID THAT’S STEALING THE COOKIE FROM THE JAR. THE COOKIES FALLING WITH THE JAR FIX THE JAR. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO IT. WELL, THAT’S WHAT’S INTERESTING. BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO AT THE SAME TIME, SEND A MESSAGE THAT WHEN I SAY I WANT BALL SECURITY AND YOU CARRY THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, FORTUNES OF THE TEAM IN YOUR ARMS AND YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE REST OF THE TEAMS LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE WE JUST GOING TO TALK THAT WAY SO IT IS A I’M NOT CRITICIZING YOU, I’M JUST SAYING IT’S A VERY FINE LINE TO WALK FROM MIKE WELL AND THAT’S MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE DEVIN WAS TALKING THE OTHER DAY DEVON MCCARTY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LOW TECH THINGS THEY WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE DEFENSIVE BACKS TO NOT HOLD TAPE. THEIR HANDS AROUND TENNIS BALLS TO GET THE UH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TO NOT HOLD PUT OVEN MITTS ON THEM. LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THESE DO TO TRY TO DRILL. I THINK BACK TO THE OLD FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS MOVIE, THEY TAPED THE BALL WITH DUCT TAPE, INTO THE GUY’S ARM LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THEY’RE DOING? THESE FUMBLES. WE’RE NOT A PRACTICE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE ACTUAL DRILLING OF, YOU KNOW, THEY POUND EACH OTHER WITH YOU KNOW, MATAKAS AND REMEMBER BACKAZ. AND UM, NO I DON’T. I’LL SEND YOU LATER. I SHOULDN’T HAVE VEERED, UM, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, CUSHIONS AND DUMMIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THAT’S REALLY ONLY THE DRILLING, BUT IT’S SO MIKE HAS THE URGENCY OF TRYING TO BE AN 8 AND N 9 AND 8 MAYBE EVEN A 10 AND 17 AND SHOWING PROFOUND IMPROVEMENT WHILE STILL OPERATING WITH A ROSTER THAT IS LESS THAN, IN MANY PLACES. CRITICAL PLACES LIKE WIDE RECEIVER DIGGS IS PLAYING WELL, UM, THEY’RE GETTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOOTY. THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN MUCH FROM DEMARIO, DOUGLAS, THERE’S POSITION. BUT THEY’RE GETTING REALLY

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