The New York Giants issue a lengthy, detailed statement addressing the Brian Flores discrimination claims and lawsuit.

Brian Flores has raised serious issues in the filing of his complaint. The specific claims against the Giants and Mr. Flores’ allegations about the legitimacy of his candidacy for our head coach position are disturbing and simply false.

After we interviewed six exceptional and diverse candidates, the decision on who we would hire as head coach was made on the evening of January 28, one day after Mr. Flores spent an entire day in our offices going through his second interview for the position, meeting with ownership and other staff members, and receiving a tour of our facility. (See the itinerary below). There is additional concrete and objective evidence to substantiate we did not make our decision until the evening of the 28th.

The allegation that the Giants’ decision had been made prior to Friday evening, January 28, is false. And to base that allegation on a text exchange with Bill Belichick in which he ultimately states that he “thinks” Brian Daboll would get the job is irresponsible. The text exchange occurred the day before Coach Daboll’s in-person interview even took place. Giants’ ownership would never hire a head coach based only on a 20-minute zoom interview, which is all that Mr. Daboll had at that point.

In addition, Mr. Belichick does not speak for and has no affiliation with the Giants. Mr. Belichick’s text exchange provides no insight into what actually transpired during our head coaching search.

It has been well documented how much research and due diligence we did on Mr. Flores as it related to his candidacy. John Mara called Mr. Flores two days after he was dismissed in Miami. Mr. Mara expressed to Mr. Flores in that January 12 call that once we had our new general manager in place, we would begin the process of hiring our head coach and we wanted to meet with Mr. Flores because we considered him a serious candidate for the position. Mr. Mara and Mr. Flores then had their first formal conversation in a 25-30 minute zoom call on January 18 (at Mr. Flores’ request) to further discuss his candidacy.

In between those initial conversations and Mr. Flores’ in-person interview on January 27, there were several other communications between Mr. Flores and members of our organization. This included a dinner with our newly hired general manager, Joe Schoen, the night before Mr. Flores’s in-person interview. The consensus from within the Giants organization after this dinner remained that Mr. Flores was an outstanding candidate, and we looked forward to sitting down with him in person the next day.

Our hiring process and, most certainly, our consideration of Mr. Flores was serious and genuine. We are disappointed to learn that Mr. Flores was under the mistaken impression the job had already been awarded.

In his CBS interview yesterday, Mr. Flores was asked if “clubs have the right to hire the person they think is the best qualified for the job or the person they feel is right for them?” Mr. Flores responded “They do. That’s very reasonable to me . . .”. That is exactly what we did.

We hired Brian Daboll as our head coach at the conclusion of an open and thorough interview process. No decision was made, and no job offer was extended, until the evening of January 28, a full day after Mr. Flores’ in-person interview and day-long visit to the Giants.

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As per the New York Giants Press Release.

Brian Flores, a four-time Super Bowl winner as an assistant in New England and the Miami Dolphins’ head coach the previous three seasons, today interviewed for the Giants’ head coach position.
Flores, a 40-year-old Brooklyn native, met at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center with team president John Mara, chairman Steve Tisch, senior vice president of player personnel Chris Mara and Joe Schoen, who was formally introduced yesterday as the Giants’ new general manager. He also met with other members of the front office and toured the team’s facility.

The New York Giants also added.

He is the sixth candidate to interview with the Giants’ front office, joining Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, Lou Anarumo of Cincinnati, Dan Quinn of the Cowboys and the Giants’ Patrick Graham. Daboll initially interviewed via teleconference and had a second in-person discussion at team headquarters Tuesday. The meetings with Frazier and Anarumo were done remotely. Frazier is scheduled for a face-to-face follow-up tomorrow. Quinn and Graham were interviewed in the Giants’ facility.

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Dan Quinn has informed teams that he’s staying with the #Cowboys, per sources.

Six teams requested head-coaching interviews with Quinn, who decided he wanted to return to Dallas and try to win a Super Bowl. He should be a hot name again next year.

Tom Pelissero

Quinn earlier interviewed with the New York Giants front office and was considered a top-tier candidate for the head-coaching position.

The speculation is growing that the New York Giants will either hire Brian Daboll or Brian Flores as their next head coach.

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Here is the New York Giants upcoming week as far as we know. They are scheduled to interview Dan Quinn today. Also on the interview schedule is Brian Flores and Patrick Graham, The exact timing of these interviews are not known at this moment.

The Giants will have to fulfill the Rooney rule and have an in-person interview with a minority coaching candidate before making a hire, according to multiple sources, including Dan Duggan of the Athletic.

So, Daboll is now available to be hired. Giants are interviewing Dan Quinn tomorrow and reportedly will meet with Brian Flores and Patrick Graham. Can’t hire anyone until they do an in-person interview with a minority due to Rooney Rule

Dan Duggan

After the Bills loss last night Brian Daboll is now available for further interviews, or hiring. He is rumored to be the front runner for the position.

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Hours after announcing Schoen, The Giants interviewed Bills OC Brian Daboll for their vacant head coaching opportunity. Prior to that interview the Giants have already reached out to the Cowboys Dan Quinn and Brian Flores who was formerly with the Dolphins.

John Mara reached out to Brian Flores a couple of nights ago, a source told The Post. Very good conversation. Mara assured Flores that he’s a serious candidate and that Giants will be willing to eat money to clear up some cap space…This could be Flores-Daboll steel cage match.

A clarification on this tweet – the purpose of this call was for John Mara to tell Brian Flores that he is a serious candidate. The Giants were going to work the salary cap for Joe Judge, if he stayed, or for any coach they hire…Anyway, Flo is pretty fired up for the interview

Ian O’Connor

It is rumored that Daboll and Flores are the front runners at this point.

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Giants are expected to request permission to speak with former Dolphins’ HC Brian Flores for their HC position, per sources.

Flores is from Brooklyn and Giants would represent a homecoming.

Giants also expected to speak with Dan Quinn and Brian Daboll, amongst others.

Adam Schefter

• Brian Flores, former head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
• Brian Daboll, Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator. 
• Dann Quinn, Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator (former Atlanta Falcons head coach).

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The next general manager of the Giants might be the most important voice in the room when the team begins its search for a new head coach, especially if John Mara holds true to his promise that the next GM will have “the flexibility to bring in the head coach that he wants.”

But that doesn’t mean the Giants don’t already have a short list. And former Dolphins coach Brian Flores and Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll seem to be at the top.

Both of those coaches have been the subject of some discussion inside the Giants organization for quite some time, according to multiple sources familiar with their thinking, and they are both on the shortlists of several of the Giants’ nine GM candidates, according to various sources around the league. It’s possible that both coaches could get interviews with the Giants regardless of who is hired as the next GM.

Ralph Vacchiano

As of this morning Flores has interviewed with the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans, and Daboll has interviewed with Chicago Bears.

At this point New York Giants have not interviewed anyone for their head-coaching position until their vacant GM role is filled.

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