Two of the candidates were the required minorities to fulfill the Rooney Rule and the other two candidates were Mike Vrabel and Ben Johnson. The two minority candidates, Byron Leftwich and Pep ...

I love Mike Vrabel, but I'm going to ding the Patriots ... Rooney Rule-satisfying interviews with Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich in order to get Vrabel. I think he's a great coach, I think ...

Every NFL head-coaching search is over after the Saints hired Kellen Moore. Here's what to know about all seven hirings.

Why the league cares New coach: Mike Vrabel (hired Jan. 12 ... former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton ...

Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton, to check the Rooney Rule box as quickly as possible so he could then hire top choice Mike Vrabel. Multiple assistant coaches around the league have expressed ...

pretty much everyone knew Robert Kraft wanted to hire Mike Vrabel, for instance, and whether it was the day before, a couple of days before they did so, they brought in Byron Leftwich and Pep ...

That was made evident with the New England Patriots bringing in Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich for interviews, only to hire Mike Vrabel days later. Hamilton and Leftwich were just used to meet a ...

In this cycle, some observers criticized the Patriots for interviewing two Black coaches who were out of the NFL, Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, before hiring Mike Vrabel. And eyebrows similarly ...

Ryan Clark, a one-time Super Bowl champion and current ESPN NFL analyst, ripped the New England Patriots for how they complied with the Rooney Rule during their head-coaching search. The NFL’s ...

Remember three years ago when multiple so-called insiders — none of them with a national platform — insisted Byron Leftwich was going to succeed ... where the fix was pretty much in for Mike Vrabel — ...

Yes, Mike Vrabel is back in Foxborough ... they conducted two former coordinators, Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, who haven’t coached in the NFL since 2022. Were they legitimate candidates?