VrabelPortraitNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- My feelings for the Luke Stocker's fourth-and-1 conversion attempt from the Houston 3-yard line are well-documented in this very space.

But so are my feelings for Mike Vrabel, who I think is a smart coach, who is growing and will get better.

And he didn't come up with this idea against a defense he helped coach for the last four years out of nowhere.

So what's the root of the idea he said he'd seen work against the Texans?

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