Several former Miami Dolphins had big years en route to playoff appearances in 2024. Andrew Van Ginkel earned Pro Bowl honors in his first year with the Minnesota Vikings, defensive tackles Neville Gaillmore and Teair Tart found homes with the Rams and Chargers,

The Minnesota Vikings are incredibly lucky to have defensive coordinator Brian Flores on staff for now, and likely in the future as well. However, Flores deserves to have a head coaching job. He was a head coach for just three seasons with the Miami Dolphins before they fired him after a 24-25 record,

The New York Jets hiring Aaron Glenn is bad news for former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores, who is the Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator.

O'Connell, 39, lands a contract extension after guiding Vikings to 14-3 record with Sam Darnold at quarterback.

The Minnesota Vikings made a big play for the future when they traded up for both J.J. McCarthy and Dallas Turner in the 2024 NFL Draft. They took McCarthy to be the future at the quarterback

The Vikings were never going to trade O'Connell, who led the team to a 14-3 record and within one win of the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

The Minnesota Vikings will not be rid of menacing Detroit Lions coordinator Ben Johnson. After leading the Lions' No. 1 scoring offense for the 2024 season, Johnson was a top candidate in the head coaching hiring cycle. Johnson took interviews with four AFC teams but appears to be staying in the NFC North.

The New York Jets are looking to fill their vacant head coaching position. New York has had its eyes on more candidates than pretty much any other team out the

The Jets have interviewed McCown for their vacant head coach position. He’s currently the QB coach with the Minnesota Vikings. Brian Flores, the defensive coordinator for the Vikings, has also spoke to New York in their long list of candidates.

Now that Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel are staying, the Dolphins need to let them do business as usual in what could be their final season at the helm.

Tannenbaum founded The 33rd Team in 2019, which is a football media, analytics and consulting outlet. Rick Spielman is a former GM with the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings who also is with The 33rd Team. That group was hired to work with owner Woody Johnson in finding new leaders.

Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores was hoping to land a head coaching job this offseason, but it doesn't look like that will happen.