CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

ESPN reports:

Brian Flores has sued the NFL and three teams — the Dolphins, the Broncos and the Giants — alleging discrimination regarding his interview processes with Denver and New York and his firing last month by Miami.

Flores claims Dolphins owner Stephen Ross attempted to incentivize him to “tank” or purposely lose games shortly after he was hired in 2019, with Ross allegedly offering Flores $100,000 for every game the team lost that season.

Flores says that as the team won games late in the season, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told him Ross was “mad” that Flores’ on-field success was “compromising [the team’s] draft position.”

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Brian Flores is going scorched earth on the NFL and NY Giants, filing an explosive lawsuit where the ex-Dolphins coach alleges the team’s hiring practices were rooted in racism, and he claims a text from Bill Belichick proves it. https://t.co/UIklDJNBsn

— TMZ (@TMZ) February 1, 2022

Breaking News: Brian Flores, who was fired as coach of the Miami Dolphins last month, has sued the NFL and accused the league of bias in the hiring of Black coaches. https://t.co/8sTlte4bvx

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 1, 2022