Mike Vrabel Press Conference 5/4

PRESS CONFERENCE
May 4, 2023

MV: I think most of the people on here, I would imagine, are from the Boston area and a lot of them covered me and I want to thank them for that and obviously, thank the Kraft family. There’s a lot of people to thank, and everybody that’s congratulated me. You know, I said there was a lot of amazing people that made those eight years possible and special, and I think we all benefited from it. So, a lot of thank-yous that I’m sure we’ll get to, but I want to appreciate you guys and thank you guys for being on here and covering this.

Q: First of all congratulations and secondly, what does this mean to you, especially to join with the class that I think you’re the eighth member of the three-time Super Bowl crew to get in. What does that mean to you to be a part of that group and to be a part of the Hall of Fame now?

MV: Well, you don’t really know, I guess. You kind of think, ‘Man, it’s obviously special being a part of a group that started in 2001 with the number of new players on that roster and kind of grew and built something that we all could be proud of, that we all could fight for and want to be part of.’ Obviously, we figured we were going to have to stand in line for a few years that the great players that were there and going up against murderer’s row, I guess. But I think it’s just something I don’t think I ever thought of when I went there. I can remember visiting there in 2001, and I would’ve never dreamt that something like this would happen.

Q: Take us back to 2001. Think about where you were at that moment, with Jen and I think Tyler and Carter?

MV: Carter wasn’t even born yet.

Q: You came here from Pittsburgh. What do you remember about that? Where’d you settle? Easton?

MV: Yep. Easton/Norton. We made home over there, Easton/Norton. And it was just a unique transition. It was one where the Steelers and I – I always laughed about it with Coach [Bill] Cowher and saying, ‘Hey, we can…