The Patriots announced they completed interviews with Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton on Tuesday. That makes them the first team to comply with the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to conduct in ...

The team interviewed Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich to comply with the Rooney Rule – all done before the playoffs were over. "I think this kind of puts a light on the Rooney Rule, which ...

“I think this kind of puts a light on the Rooney Rule, which, to me, the New England Patriots made a mockery of,” Clark said on Inside the NFL. “To interview Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich ...

Since 2003, the NFL’s Rooney Rule has been in place to ensure that minority candidates receive consideration for coaching vacancies (later expanded to include certain front-office positions).

“I think this kind of puts a light on the Rooney Rule, which, to me, the New England Patriots made a mockery of,” Clark said. “To interview Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, two coaches who ...

The New England Patriots are facing significant criticism for the way they quickly checked off the Rooney Rule in their search ... offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and former Houston Texans ...

“I think this kind of puts a light on the Rooney Rule, which, to me, the New England Patriots made a mockery of,” said Clark. “To interview Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, two coaches who ...

The Rooney Rule requires NFL teams to interview at ... candidates for the head coaching position: Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich. However, critics, including Graves, argue the interviews were ...

The NFL installed the Rooney Rule in 2003 with the best of ... Earlier this month, they flew in Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton for interviews when the entire league knew they were hiring Mike ...