playoffs during his tenure. the dolphins released a statement denying any allegations of racial discrimination. flores also disclosed that the giants hired him last month for their head coaching vacancy for no other reason than to comply with the rooney rule which requires minority candidates. this comes due to texts from bill belichick mistakenly congratulated flores for getting the giants job. the text was mention for the coach who did get the gig. and saying the fact of the matter is brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was most qualified to be our head coach. the lawsuit also alleges that flores was forced to undergo a sham interview with broncos in 2019 which the team has dismissed as blatantly false.