{"id":906094,"date":"2026-05-31T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/906094\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:15:22","slug":"damning-new-accusations-surface-from-brian-flores-lawsuit-vs-nfl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/906094\/","title":{"rendered":"Damning New Accusations Surface from Brian Flores\u2019 Lawsuit vs NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Vikings<\/a> agreed to a new contract with defensive coordinator Brian Flores earlier this offseason, a process that proved stressful, given he took multiple interviews<\/a> before eventually returning for what\u2019s believed to be one of the highest paid assistants<\/a> in NFL history.<\/p>\n

Of course, it wouldn\u2019t have mattered how much money owners Mark and Zygi Wilf<\/a> threw B-Flo\u2019s way, had he gotten a head coaching opportunity elsewhere. Thankfully, at least for MN Vikings fans, he did not get that HC offer, which paved the way for his return.<\/p>\n

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At that point, it was just about making Flores a market-competitive DC offer. The Wilfs gladly obliged, and more<\/a>. However, there\u2019s a reason Brian Flores hasn\u2019t been getting looks as a head coach in recent offseason. Many believe<\/a> it\u2019s due to the giant lawsuit he hung over the league\u2019s head three years ago, one that remains there to this day.<\/p>\n

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Most recently, the 45-year-old coach landed his latest<\/a> in a string of legal victory over the league he works for, when the Supreme Court ruled that his case against he NFL can remain in the US court system (and outside of the NFL\u2019s in-house arbitration process), which Flores alleges is rigged.<\/p>\n

Additional Brian Flores\u2019 allegations vs Dolphins<\/a> surface<\/p>\n

Then on Saturday, yet another damning allegation was unearthed by ProFootballTalk.com\u2019s Mike Florio<\/a>. Inside court filings submitted by Brian Flores\u2019 legal team, Flores is accusing his former employer, the Miami Dolphins<\/a>, of some rather egregious money-related no-no\u2019s, following his termination as Dolphins head coach in 2022.<\/p>\n

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According to Florio<\/a> \u2014 a practicing attorney before he launched PFT \u2014 Flores is accusing the Dolphins of (a) failing to make scheduled severance payments after he was fired and (b) attempting to make him give back salary the organization paid him as head coach from 2019-2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In paragraph 235 of the third amended complaint, Flores alleges that the Dolphins failed to make contractually-required severance payments. In paragraph 236, Flores claims that the Dolphins also have tried to recover money already paid to Flores.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make matters worse, after this lawsuit was filed, the Dolphins filed a letter with Commissioner Goodell seeking an arbitration over claims that Mr. Flores should be required to return hundreds of thousands of dollars of earned income,\u201d Flores alleges. \u201cThe only reason that the Dolphins filed this request is because Mr. Flores filed this suit and opposed the team\u2019s discriminatory conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Florio \u2013 ProFootballTalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Florio says that there are no additional details into Flores\u2019 financial allegations against his former employer, which don\u2019t even scratch the surface of his case against the league<\/a>, in its totality.<\/p>\n

That means we have no way of knowing yet, whether or not the Dolphins were ever forced to make the severance payments he claims they didn\u2019t OR why the Dolphins allegedly filed to recoup money they had already paid him.<\/p>\n

It might be time for NFL to wave white flag and settle with Brian Flores<\/p>\n

If this case continues on through US justice system \u2014 which it now will<\/a> unless it is settled outside of court \u2014 we will likely get the answers to those questions and more, which is why Florio wouldn\u2019t be surprised if, sooner than later, the NFL tries to settle with Flores outside of court.<\/p>\n

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Because the last thing the league wants \u2014 even less than losing to Brian Flores \u2014 is the airing out of all their dirty laundry during the public discovery phase of any trial against the Minnesota Vikings\u2019 defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

Barring a settlement (and this could be a good time for the league to start making offers to Flores in an effort to keep all sorts of potentially unflattering facts from coming to light) much will be learned about all aspects of Flores\u2019s claims against the NFL, the Dolphins, and multiple other teams.<\/p>\n

Mike Florio \u2013 ProFootballTalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Flores went 24-25 during his three seasons<\/a> as Miami Dolphins head coach, where he failed to make the postseason. In his lawsuit, the Minnesota Vikings\u2019 DC accuses the NFL of being \u201crife with racism\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also alleges that the league\u2019s refusal to hire him as a head coach, since submitting his case, is not only proof of his original allegations, but also implicit retaliation that he dare go up against the league in the first place.<\/p>\n

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