CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones says a well-intended rule is no longer useful as teams find ways to skirt it

Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid kept Kansas City’s pursuit of a three-peat alive, while Saquon Barkley made his first title game.

The NFL’s Rooney Rule is a worthy idea clumsily executed. Established in 2003 and tweaked in 2021, it requires teams to interview at least two minority candidates in person before they are permitted to hire a head coach.

Ryan Clark, a one-time Super Bowl champion and current ESPN NFL analyst, ripped the New England Patriots for how they complied with the Rooney Rule during their head-coaching search. The NFL’s ...

In the three years since it was initially filed, Flores’ case has made no meaningful progress, and has now been hurt by comments from multiple players.

The NFL’s “Rooney Rule” was instituted in 2003 in an attempt to increase the racial diversity of coaches and certain managerial positions. The rule requires that teams interview women and ...

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night and advanced to their third straight Super Bowl, and their fourth in the last five years. The Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Feb.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sought an internship at the league office with a persistent letter-writing campaign, eventually leading to his more than four-decade career. Before Roger Goodell ...

A Cowboys interview gets handy: Not only does it work for the Rooney Rule, it also makes sense that Matt Eberflus will want Andre Curtis here to oversee his secondary. FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys ...

The Rooney Rule was meant to increase the number of minority interviews – and thus actual opportunity for those coaches – in the NFL. In many ways it has achieved just that. Yet, some teams ...

Another week, another controversial Kansas City Chiefs’ win in the NFL playoffs. Just like after last week’s Divisional Round victory over the Houston Texans, the NFL is under fire following Kansas City’s win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game,