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When Brian Flores filed a landmark lawsuit last year against the NFL and multiple teams for decades of racial discrimination, he surely knew he may have been sacrificing his coaching career. He didn’t. Last year, the Steelers made a space for him on the defensive side of the ball, recognizing his value as an instructor, [more] … [Read more...] about Vikings officially name Brian Flores defensive coordinator

Brian Flores will be heading to Minnesota to run the defense. Flores has accepted the Vikings’ offer to become their new defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. Although Flores had been considered a strong candidate for the Cardinals’ head-coaching job, that he would take a defensive coordinator job suggests he has learned he wasn’t going [more] … [Read more...] about Vikings hire Brian Flores as defensive coordinator

From one team that just hired a new head coach, to another. The Panthers have announced that the franchise’s new defensive coordinator is former Broncos defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, Evero spent one season as defensive coordinator in Denver, arriving from the Rams. On Saturday, Denver released him from his contract, a day after officially hiring [more] … [Read more...] about Panthers hire Ejiro Evero as defensive coordinator

As the Vikings pivot from Ejiro Evero to Brian Flores as the top candidate to become the team’s new defensive coordinator, the Vikings need to have a fallback. Because Flores could still fall into the head-coaching job in Arizona. Via NFL Media, Flores is expected to have a second interview for the Cardinals’ vacancy on [more] … [Read more...] about Brian Flores to get a second interview with Cardinals

Ejiro Evero has been a candidate for multiple jobs this offseason, but he hasn’t been able to interview for some of them because of the remaining time on his defensive coordinator contract with the Broncos. That is set to change. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Broncos will let Evero out of the [more] … [Read more...] about Ejiro Evero out of Broncos contract, is expected to interview with Vikings

The Vikings want to interview Ejiro Evero for their defensive coordinator opening, but the Broncos are reportedly keeping that from happening at the moment. Evero is still under contract after serving as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator in 2022 and Albert Breer of SI.com reports that they have not granted him permission to interview for the [more] … [Read more...] about Report: Broncos have not given Vikings permission to interview Ejiro Evero

The Vikings requested permission to interview Broncos defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero for the same job, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. New Broncos coach Sean Payton has spoken to Evero about retaining him in his current job. Evero also has drawn interest from all five teams with a head coaching vacancy and remains a candidate [more] … [Read more...] about Report: Vikings request permission to interview Ejiro Evero for defensive coordinator

A report earlier on Friday brought word that the Broncos have requested an interview with Seahawks associate head coach Sean Desai for their defensive coordinator vacancy. There’s now a new wrinkle to that news. According to Mike Klis of KUSA, Desai has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Vikings defensive coordinator job to focus [more] … [Read more...] about Report: Sean Desai withdraws from consideration for Vikings DC

Vikings tight ends coach/passing game coordinator Brian Angelichio is up for a couple of offensive coordinator openings at the moment. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Angelichio interviewed for the Cowboys’ vacancy on Thursday. The Cowboys and Kellen Moore parted ways last week and Moore has since been hired as the Chargers offensive coordinator. The [more] … [Read more...] about Brian Angelichio had an interview for Cowboys OC, set for second interview with Ravens