The Houston Texans came into the weekend with three finalists for their head coaching vacancy, all three of whom had recently received second interviews with the team — former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, current Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, and former quarterback for about a dozen teams (including the...
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They exit the weekend with that list narrowed to just two names. Courtesy of NFL reporter Josina Anderson: The elimination of Gannon from the Texans' finalists list sets up one of the most fascinating decisions an NFL team has faced in years — Josh McCown or Brian Flores? It would have been a compelling choice even before Flores filed a lawsuit last week against the NFL for racial discrimination in its hiring practices, given the complete dichotomy in the backgrounds of two candidates.
Beyond that, bringing on a minority coach who is suing the league for discrimination would be one of those moves that would make it really tough to question the Texans' attention to race in their football hiring practices, something they've been criticized for in the past . Finally, other NFL owners would probably be thankful that Flores is immediately offered a head coaching job less than a week after filing his lawsuit, since in theory, it might take some of the steam out of his case.
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