it's great for everyone to have a tremendous regular season like the Minnesota Vikings had winning 14 games. With that kind of success doesn't just propel the team with confidence into next year, but it also opens up assistants to get promotions with other organizations.
So far, the Vikings have had four different coaches and personnel requested for interviews with other organizations. It's not a surprise and that number could see an increase over the next couple of weeks.
The real question is whether any of them will leave or not? There is a rumor circulating that could see three of them leave together.
New York Jets could bring in Brian Flores among 3 Minnesota Vikings
One of the more intriguing candidates for head coach this cycle is Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores. Not only has he led one of the best defenses over the last two seasons, but has also received rave reviews from inside the building regarding his relationship with players.
SNY's Connor Hughes, who is a Jets insider, did a mailbag where he mentioned the possibility that Flores could come over as the head coach and bring Ryan Grigson (general manager) and Josh McCown (offensive coordinator) with him.
There’s a lot of buzz going around league circles right now regarding a Ryan Grigson (general manager), Brian Flores (head coach), and Josh McCown (offensive coordinator) pairing. A source in Minnesota actually said that’s been talked about within their building.
Important to note: These are league sources speculating on what they’ve heard regarding the Jets vacancy, not a Jets source telling me what they are going to do. Woody Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Hymie Elhai (team president), Mike Tannenbaum (33rd Team), and Rick Spielman (33rd Team) are the ones in and conducting these interviews. That’s a very small circle. The Jets are keeping things incredibly close to the vest. That’s a good thing. The Jets have had too many people voicing their opinions in recent years.
Aaron Glenn is also in discussion at head coach, as is reported. A lot of people I touch base with believe he’s going to end up in New Orleans, though.
I think Flores would be the perfect hire for the Jets. The Jets desperately need someone to change their culture and instill a disciplined mindset that’s been sorely lacking for a decade-plus. Vrabel would have been perfect to do that. That’s why the Jets did everything they could to hire him – including a last-second call before he took the Patriots job.Flores, though, is cut from a similar cloth and far from a poor consolation prize. He’d eliminate the nonsense.
That would be a monstrous loss for the Vikings, especially with assistant OC/QB coach Grant Udinski being requested to interview for the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator job vacated by Ryan Grubb. With J.J. McCarthy likely to take over next season, losing both coaches that he was familiar with would be a tough pill to swallow.
Will it happen? Considering Flores' lawsuit against the National Football League, that remains to be seen, but the Jets are a franchise known for doing just about anything.
