the nfl is under scrutiny this weekend after being hit with an explosive lawsuit. former miami dolphins head coach brian flores is suing the league and three of its teams, alleging racial discrimination. flores claims he was mistakenly sent a text from new england patriots coach bill belichick congratulating him on the new york giants head coaching job before flores was scheduled to interview for it. now, that text was meant for another brian interviewing for the job, which brian dable ultimately got. flores claims he was only interviewed to satisfy the rooney rule, which is a league policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates. he also alleges that in 2019, before getting the dolphins job, the denver broncos never considered him a legitimate candidate for the job while being interviewed. also within the lawsuit is a claim that shortly after he was hired in 2019, dolphins owner