Sometimes, a team just knows who they want to hire. That appeared to be the case with Jerod Mayo and the New England Patriots this offseason. At some point, team owner Robert Kraft realized he no ...

FOXBOROUGH – This time around, Robert Kraft needs to do it the right way. A year ago, the Patriots owner made the difficult decision to let go of the greatest head coach in NFL history. More ...

Ryan Clark argues that the Rooney Rule, once a step toward progress, ... But how the organization and Robert and Jonathan Kraft got there has come under fire.

The Rooney Rule requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate before making key hiring decisions, ... The Patriots, owned by Robert Kraft, ...

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel smiles while posing with team owner Robert Kraft, right, during an availability on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa ...

Per league rules, the Patriots cannot hire a head coach until they satisfy the NFL's Rooney Rule, which mandates two in-person interviews with minority and/or female candidates. In-person ...

The Rooney Rule dictates that teams must interview a minority candidate before hiring a coach, and the Patriots, whose owner is Robert Kraft, ...

But, as most NFL fans know by now, that doesn’t mean Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Co. could just hire Vrabel. They still had to comply with the league’s hiring guidelines, namely the ...

New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel. left, smiles while posing with team owner Robert Kraft, right, during the introductory press conference Monday. AP 4 ...

The NFL's Rooney Rule has been in place for more than 20 years as a way to help ensure that minority coaching ... Robert Kraft decided to move on from him after just one season in which he pledged ...

Robert Kraft. AP Photo/Charles Krupa. By Khari A. Thompson. January 8, 2025 ... The Rooney Rule didn’t exist 25 years ago, so you can say the rule sucks and maybe it does, ...

Per a report from Boston Herald's Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed, multiple people in the building "disapproved" of owner Robert Kraft's handling of the Rooney Rule.. Rather than going through an ...