Brian Flores focuses on the Pittsburgh Steelers, not his lawsuit against the NFL

In his legal action against the league, the now-senior defensive assistant from Pittsburgh also sued the Dolphins, Giants and Broncos, alleging discrimination in the hiring process.

PITTSBURGH– brian flowers try to focus on your daily work, not on your broader struggle.

The iconic class action lawsuit Flowers filed against the NFL and three teams in February on what it considers to be racist hiring practices is moving through the legal system. While, Flowers he insists his attention is focused on what’s happening on the pitch, not off it.

The senior defensive assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers He said he intends to separate attention from the lawsuit from the demands of his new job, just as he tries to help coach Mike Tomlin fix a defense that struggled in 2021.

“I try to live in the moment and not think about things that have happened in the past or look too far into the future,” he explained. Flowers. “I’m excited about the opportunity I have here.”

The Miami Dolphins fired in January Flowers, of black race and Honduran descent, after three seasons, even though they finished strong in 2021 winning eight of their last nine meetings. Three weeks later, the coach sued the league, the dolphinsthe New York Giants and the Denver Broncosalleging that “racism abounds” in the NFL.

Tomlin looked for Flowers in mid-February and offered him the position of defensive assistant focused on linebackers. Flowers he agreed even though it put him in the unusual position of receiving a check from a league-affiliated club whose leaders he described as hypocrites in the lawsuit documents.

When asked if he feared that the ensuing litigation might jeopardize his employment opportunities, Flowers object. To questions about the steps she took the NFL in recent months to expand opportunities for minorities — at the start of the season all 32 teams will have to hire a woman or a member of a racial or ethnic minority for an offensive assistant position — Flowers He was courteous, but measured.

“I think any time you create a situation where kids get opportunities, I’m all for it,” he acknowledged. “But, you know, I’ll leave it there.”

The NFL seeks to change the lawsuit to an arbitration trial, a strategy that the lawyers of Flowers and the former coaches of the NFL Ray Horton Y steve wilkesthey consider “inconceivable”.

The main responsibility of Flowers is to work with the interior linebackers of pittsburghalthough he is collaborating with the offensive coordinator Terry Austin Y Tomlin in various aspects of defense that he’s looking to improve after Pittsburgh finished last against the rushing offense in 2021.