Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and all 32 of its teams alleging racial discrimination in the hiring process of coaches, says that Denver Broncos CEO Joe Ellis, former general manager John Elway and others "looked completely disheveled" and appeared to have been "drinking heavily the night before" a scheduled interview with Flores for the team's then-open head coaching position in 2019.
Flores, who also says that the New York Giants had decided to hire former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll before bringing him in for an in-person interview this year, says that Broncos brass showed up an hour late and conducted the talk just to satisfy the league's Rooney Rule:
"Incredibly, this was not Mr.