Ridgerunner: Of course.

Maynard: Among the allegations in Brian Flores' lawsuit: Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 for every loss in 2019 to help with draft position and the Giants conducted a "sham" interview with him when they knew they would hire Brian Daboll.

Maynard: Brian Flores has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and three teams -- the Dolphins, the Broncos and the Giants -- alleging discrimination regarding his interview processes with Denver and New York and his firing last month by Miami.

Maynard: Additionally, Flores claims Ross pressured him into recruiting a "prominent quarterback" at the end of the 2019 season, which Flores refused so as not to violate the NFL's rules on tampering. Ross then allegedly invited Flores onto a yacht for lunch in the winter of 2020, where he informed Flores that the "prominent quarterback" was "conveniently" arriving at the marina for an impromptu meeting.

Maynard: Flores again refused the meeting and left the yacht. Afterward, Flores claims he was "treated with disdain and held out as someone who was noncompliant and difficult to work with." He was eventually fired on Jan. 10, 2022, despite recording the franchise's first back-to-back winning seasons since 2003 (10-6 in 2021; 9-8 in 2021).

Maynard: Flores also alleged the Giants interviewed him last month for their head-coaching vacancy for no other reason than compliance with the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for their open positions. Flores claims he interviewed with the Giants on Jan. 18, prior to the team hiring former Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen as its GM on Jan. 23. He claims the next day, Schoen finalized his interview date for Jan. 27 and Giants co-director of player personnel Tim McDonnell texted Flores and said he hoped he would "come in and win the f-ing job." However, hours later, Flores' lawsuit alleges, he received a series of text messages from Patriots coach Bill Belichick, under whom Flores worked for 10 years in New England. In those texts, Belichick told Flores that he had heard from "Buffalo and NYG that you are their guy." Flores then asked Belichick to clarify whether he meant to talk to him or former Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who was also in the running for the Giants' job. Belichick then admitted his error and informed him that the Giants wanted Daboll. "Sorry -- I f---ed this up. I double checked and misread the text. I think they are naming Brian Daboll. I'm sorry about that," Belichick texted. Flores alleges that his ensuing interview with the Giants was a "sham." New York hired Daboll several days later.