Flores Watch

MaroonBells wrote:
I've seen a couple of these now and have yet to see Brian Flores's name on any of them. Not that he won't get an offer or at least an interview, but his name doesn't seem to get mentioned very much.

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The Tennessee Titans announced Friday that general manager Mike Borgonzi will lead the team's search for a new head coach and manage the 53-man roster.

Meanwhile, Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker will remain in his current role and oversee the team's salary cap, research and development, and analytics.

ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the news.

According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Tennessee is set to conduct a coaching search that includes candidates such as former Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula.

The Titans were reportedly interested in Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman as well, although Freeman ultimately announced that he would be returning to the Fighting Irish in 2026.

Brian Callahan served as Tennessee's head coach to open the 2025 season, but was fired and replaced by interim coach Mike McCoy following the team's 1-5 start.

The Titans sit at just 3-13 this year after wrapping up a 3-14 finish last season, experiencing issues on both sides of the ball. Tennessee ranks No. 30 in scoring offense and No. 28 in scoring defense among all teams in 2025.

^^^ Can u imagine two years in a row of that sheet? shocker they're looking for a new HC. 

We'l find out soon how much that lawsuit will or will not impact BFlo this off-season.

MaroonBells wrote:
I've seen a couple of these now and have yet to see Brian Flores's name on any of them. Not that he won't get an offer or at least an interview, but his name doesn't seem to get mentioned very much.

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The Tennessee Titans announced Friday that general manager Mike Borgonzi will lead the team's search for a new head coach and manage the 53-man roster.

Meanwhile, Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker will remain in his current role and oversee the team's salary cap, research and development, and analytics.

ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the news.

According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Tennessee is set to conduct a coaching search that includes candidates such as former Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula.

The Titans were reportedly interested in Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman as well, although Freeman ultimately announced that he would be returning to the Fighting Irish in 2026.

Brian Callahan served as Tennessee's head coach to open the 2025 season, but was fired and replaced by interim coach Mike McCoy following the team's 1-5 start.

The Titans sit at just 3-13 this year after wrapping up a 3-14 finish last season, experiencing issues on both sides of the ball. Tennessee ranks No. 30 in scoring offense and No. 28 in scoring defense among all teams in 2025.

Black Balled is a real term. I think those lawsuits are no joke with the owners.

Why would a team want to hire a guy who is essentially suing them as his lawsuit would include every NFL owner and team. Not to mention his lawsuit is completely frivolous and several of his claims have already been found to have no merit in NFL investigations. In addition, he is a very overrated DC whose schemes are not as innovative and unique as some make them up to be. Would love to see him go, but highly doubt anyone is going to want him.

JR44 wrote:
Why would a team want to hire a guy who is essentially suing them as his lawsuit would include every NFL owner and team.  Not to mention his lawsuit is completely frivolous and several of his claims have already been found to have no merit in NFL investigations.  In addition, he is a very overrated DC whose schemes are not as innovative and unique as some make them up to be.  Would love to see him go, but highly doubt anyone is going to want him.

I’m genuinely curious how you think our pass defense could possibly rank 3rd in the NFL, and then set a mark over 6 games that hadn’t been achieved in 37 years, despite having no Pro Bowlers on defense and an offense that could not AT ALL sustain drives, giving up 18 sacks and committing 12 turnovers over those 6 games. Magic? Did we just play crappy offenses? Well, two were middle of the pack, but the other 4 teams have passing offenses that currently rank 1st, 8th, 10th and 11th in the NFL.

I’m just curious what you attribute that to if not Flores.

I am not sure how accurate this is but if the Vikings were to miss out on two third round picks, I think that would suck.

In the NFL, if a minority coach becomes a HC with another team, the team losing the coach is awarded two 3rd round comp picks.

DC Brian Flores is no longer an employee of the Vikings after January 13th.

To make the situation more interesting, since his contract is expiring,… pic.twitter.com/iFnu0x11Fi

— The Purple Persuasion (@TPPSkol) January 10, 2026

If this is true about Flores technically not being Vikings after January 13th, and he gets selected as a head coach elsewhere, could the Vikings potentially lose out on two 3rd round comp picks?

From a Vikings standpoint, why wouldn't the contract have been written out to expire sometime after the Super Bowl? I mean I know nothing about contracts, but if this was something that could have been done, why wouldn't it have been done? If it was an oversight and got botched, then I shouldn't be surprised. F-them picks!  Could it have been Flores' camp that requested it be expire early?

DeepFreeze05 wrote:
If this is true about Flores technically not being Vikings after January 13th, and he gets selected as a head coach elsewhere, could the Vikings potentially lose out on two 3rd round comp picks?

From a Vikings standpoint, why wouldn't the contract have been written out to expire sometime after the Super Bowl? I mean I know nothing about contracts, but if this was something that could have been done, why wouldn't it have been done? If it was an oversight and got botched, then I shouldn't be surprised. F-them picks!  Could it have been Flores' camp that requested it be expire early?

It's just the Viking way.  Remember the confusion when Kevin Williams was drafted and they didn't get the pick in on time, two teams jumped ahead of them.  Always something that makes you wonder just what the hell is going on in Viking land.

Greylock wrote:

It's just the Viking way.  Remember the confusion when Kevin Williams was drafted and they didn't get the pick in on time, two teams jumped ahead of them.  Always something that makes you wonder just what the hell is going on in Viking land.

Then the following year the same thing happened with drafting McKinney. 

I learned then the wilfs were gonna be slow learners.  

20 years later  I think that's true. Community and business side they've done extraordinarily well. Football side hasn't gotten to where I'd hoped they'd be.

Greylock wrote:

It's just the Viking way.  Remember the confusion when Kevin Williams was drafted and they didn't get the pick in on time, two teams jumped ahead of them.  Always something that makes you wonder just what the hell is going on in Viking land.

The year of the DT. So many to choose from that year. I liked DeWayne Robertson a lot, others were into Johnathan Sullivan, and for the size obsessed, there was Jimmy Kennedy. The morning of that draft, I posted "Don't forget about Kevin Williams" because he was getting a lot of late buzz. 

According to reports, the Vikings were indeed targeting Kevin Williams, but Red McCombs wanted the Vikings to take him a couple spots lower to save money. So the Vikings had a trade down from 7 to 10 agreed to with the Ravens, but for whatever reason, and unbeknownst to the Vikings, it was never signed off on by the NFL. 

Shocked to find themselves on the clock, the Vikings let two picks go by before taking Kevin Williams at 9. Very embarrassing to the organization but it was the NFL's fault, not the Vikings'. Either way, the Vikings got the last laugh. Kevin Williams became a 5X 1st team All Pro and was far better than either of the two picks at 7 or 8.

MaroonBells wrote:

The year of the DT. So many to choose from that year. I liked DeWayne Robertson a lot, others were into Johnathan Sullivan, and for the size obsessed, there was Jimmy Kennedy. The morning of that draft, I posted "Don't forget about Kevin Williams" because he was getting a lot of late buzz. 

According to reports, the Vikings were indeed targeting Kevin Williams, but Red McCombs wanted the Vikings to take him a couple spots lower to save money. So the Vikings had a trade down from 7 to 10 agreed to with the Ravens, but for whatever reason, and unbeknownst to the Vikings, it was never signed off on by the NFL. 

Shocked to find themselves on the clock, the Vikings let two picks go by before taking Kevin Williams at 9. Very embarrassing to the organization but it was the NFL's fault, not the Vikings'. Either way, the Vikings got the last laugh. Kevin Williams became a 5X 1st team All Pro and was far better than either of the two picks at 7 or 8.

I remember that whole debacle pissed me off and the cherry on top was not taking Terrell Suggs, who went one pick later to Baltimore. Turned out we couldn't have gone wrong either way as both players should be in the Hall of Fame and had great careers

DeepFreeze05 wrote:
I am not sure how accurate this is but if the Vikings were to miss out on two third round picks, I think that would suck.

In the NFL, if a minority coach becomes a HC with another team, the team losing the coach is awarded two 3rd round comp picks.

DC Brian Flores is no longer an employee of the Vikings after January 13th.

To make the situation more interesting, since his contract is expiring,… pic.twitter.com/iFnu0x11Fi

— The Purple Persuasion (@TPPSkol) January 10, 2026

This would be so against the spirit of the rule that they'd have to change it, and we won't benefit. Hopefully not the case.

Greylock wrote:

It's just the Viking way.  Remember the confusion when Kevin Williams was drafted and they didn't get the pick in on time, two teams jumped ahead of them.  Always something that makes you wonder just what the hell is going on in Viking land.

Fiasco from 1:04:09 - 109.00.  LOL!!!

I don't think we're going to have to worry about the comp picks. Teams are so laser focused on culture right now, as they should be. But when you combine the lawsuit and all the baggage that goes with it, combined with the bad things everyone already knew, but was just repeated by Ryan Fitzpatrick this week, it would be a big surprise to me if he gets a HC offer.

"I think he's gonna have a really hard time if you're interviewing for him as a head coach. I think in the interviews he'll be likable, he'll be relatable. But when people say 'okay, gimme somebody from Miami that coached under you as a reference so we can talk to them.' I think he burned a lot of bridges there. I think he alienated himself from the entire staff. ... I think by the end of his time there he became a dictator." - Ryan Fitzpatrick

Not exactly the kind of hiring decision a GM wants to spend months defending. And if it goes south early? Good luck keeping your own job.

MaroonBells wrote:
I don't think we're going to have to worry about the comp picks. Teams are so laser focused on culture right now, as they should be. But when you combine the lawsuit and all the baggage that goes with it, combined with the bad things everyone already knew, but was just repeated by Ryan Fitzpatrick this week, it would be a big surprise to me if he gets a HC offer.

"I think he's gonna have a really hard time if you're interviewing for him as a head coach. I think in the interviews he'll be likable, he'll be relatable. But when people say 'okay, gimme somebody from Miami that coached under you as a reference so we can talk to them.' I think he burned a lot of bridges there. I think he alienated himself from the entire staff. ... I think by the end of his time there he became a dictator." - Ryan Fitzpatrick

Not exactly the kind of hiring decision a GM wants to spend months defending. And if it goes south early? Good luck keeping your own job.

Totally agree with you. I find it hard to see him get a HC job this go around. Some part of me thinks by acting on his case now the NFL is using it as a ploy to remind owners and GMs about the situation and make this a core part of the decision process. The case has been “dormant” for over four years. During this period Flores has no real shot at a HC position.

I wonder the Vikings are feeling any pressure to get this done b4 1/13?

purplefaithful wrote:
I wonder the Vikings are feeling any pressure to get this done b4 1/13?

It's out of the Vikes hands. If other teams want to interview him on 1/14 for head coach he's not gonna say no. Especially if the Bills or Packers or somewhere gets crazy.

pattersaur wrote:

It's out of the Vikes hands. If other teams want to interview him on 1/14 for head coach he's not gonna say no. Especially if the Bills or Packers or somewhere gets crazy.

Even with a new DC contract,   he can still interview for HC jobs,  it woukd just prevent him from making lateral moves and keep the Vikes from getting screwed out of draft picks.  I think KAM needs to make this a priority,  make him Asst HC and the highest paid DC and see if that doesnt get him to sign tomorrow.

JimmyinSD wrote:

Even with a new DC contract,   he can still interview for HC jobs,  it woukd just prevent him from making lateral moves and keep the Vikes from getting screwed out of draft picks.  I think KAM needs to make this a priority,  make him Asst HC and the highest paid DC and see if that doesnt get him to sign tomorrow.

I think that's worth a try.  I just think he wants to test the market and get the maximum amount of money.

medaille wrote:

I think that's worth a try.  I just think he wants to test the market and get the maximum amount of money.

Agreed. I think the Vikings should do everything they can with money and titles to keep him, but if that doesn't do it then he's probably gone. And if he's gone then what's he really gonna care about our comp pick situation.