were confident<\/a> Flores would stay, if he didn\u2019t get a head-coaching job elsewhere.<\/p>\n\u201cBrian has a unique ability to connect with players, understand their skill sets, and put them in positions to maximize their impact on the field,\u201d coach Kevin O\u2019Connell said in a release. \u201cThe identity of our defense is a reflection of his leadership and preparation. On a personal level, I\u2019ve really valued the relationship we\u2019ve built over the last three years, and that shared trust, alignment and high standard will continue to be critical to our success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flores interviewed with both the Ravens and Steelers for their head-coaching vacancies. The Pittsburgh interview happened on Wednesday. It\u2019s unclear whether the Vikings\u2019 announcement means he has withdrawn from consideration for either job.<\/p>\n
Flores, who coached the Dolphins from 2019 through 2021, also interviewed for the vacant defensive coordinator position in Washington.<\/p>\n
The Vikings believed the Cowboys might make a run at Flores for their vacant defensive coordinator job. He was never interviewed, which possibly means the Cowboys knew what he wanted financially, and weren\u2019t willing to pay it.<\/p>\n
Regardless, the silence has been broken. The Vikings have a new deal with Flores. They presumably wouldn\u2019t have announced it if they thought he may be leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It took some time, but it finally happened. The Vikings have announced that defensive coordinator Brian Flores has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-422260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}