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Mike Vrabel pauses practice for injury, earns respect from players
By Darin Gantt
August 3, 2018
Generally when injuries happen in NFL practices, teams will simply move to another part of the field and keep working.
But when safety Jonathan Cyprien went down with a torn ACL this week, the Titans took a break.
According to Paul Kuharsky of PaulKuharsky.com, Titans coach Mike Vrabel said wanted to respectthe fact that a key part of the team had just been injured, so he told his coordinators to gather players on the sidelines while athletic trainers tended to the veteran safety.
That made an impression on his players.
“It just shows you how he feels about Cyp, it just shows you how well respected Cyp is, how irreplaceable Cyp is as a human and a player on this team,” Logan Ryan said of Vrabel’s response. “He brings a lot of energy, a physical attitude. He definitely was the hammer in our secondary. We’ll keep it moving, it’s next man mentality.
“But at the same time you’re talking about someone’s livelihood and you want to make sure that they are feeling OK. Sometimes in football, you want to keep everything moving, move the ball and put it down. But you can’t do that all the time. I think we all got a little struck by that one.”
The fact Vrabel’s just 42 years old and has 14 years of NFL experience gives him an automatic in with players. But the fact he recognizes they are actual human beings rather than replaceable parts could pay dividends for him down the road, as he builds relationships in his first year as a head coach.
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