Flores, who was fired by the Dolphins despite a winning season, said he has been subjected to sham interviews while searching for a coaching position with other teams. As evidence, the former Miami coach shared screenshots of recent text messages he received from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick who may have accidentally exposed the New York Giants.

In his text message to Flores, Belichick congratulated him for getting the Giants' job. Flores, however, hadn't interviewed with the Giants at that point.

"Coach are you talking to Brian Flores or Brian Daboll? Just making sure," Flores wrote to the Patriots coach after receiving the message.

"Sorry. I f**ked this up," Belichick wrote as the two tried to clear up the confusion. "I double checked and I misread the text. I think they are naming Daboll."

A day after they interviewed Flores, the Giants announced Daboll as their next head coach. In his complaint, Flores said the Giants only interviewed him to satisfy the Rooney Rule which requires teams to interview at least two external minority candidates for coaching and executive vacancies.

“It has been nearly 20 years since the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview diverse candidates for vacant Head Coach, General Manager, Coordinator and other senior positions,” Flores’ legal team said in a statement. “However, as the (complaint) makes clear, the Rooney Rule is not working. As alleged, management does not conduct these interviews in good faith, which creates a stigma that these Black candidates are only interviewed to comply with the Rooney Rule and not because of their qualifications."

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