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Brian Flores won’t talk about Miami job

Brian Flores

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores watches his team warm up before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. Flores’ team is headed for the Super Bowl, and the Miami Dolphins must wait another two weeks before they can seal a deal with the New England Patriots’ defensive play-caller to become their coach. The Dolphins decided nearly two weeks ago to offer the job to Flores, who has been a Patriots assistant for 11 seasons. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

AP

Brian Flores is this year’s guy who can’t talk about his next job.

He’s not rude about it, but the Patriots de facto defensive coordinator wasn’t going to spend much time addressing his pending job as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, even though that’s the thing most of the reporters wanted to talk to him about.

“My focus is squarely on the Rams,” Flores said. “To think about anything else would be a disservice to all the people here.”

Of course, that’s the only answer he could give, and it’s the only answer guys such as Josh McDaniels, Matt Patricia, Kyle Shanahan, and others have given before him when they’ve had jobs on their plate during the week of lead-up to the Super Bowl.

The 37-year-old also declined to answer a question from a Spanish-language broadcaster in their own language (he’s of Honduran descent), and was generally buttoned-up about his current situation.

“Right now my vision is on Sunday’s game,” he said.

Even if everyone knows he’s looking south shortly thereafter.