Steelers hope to open up stagnant passing game

In an effort to increase opportunities for minority candidates for NFL jobs covered by the Rooney Rule, it has been suggested to push back hirings until after the Super Bowl each year. ”The whole point of it was to slow down the process, take your time, get the best candidate and make a decision,” Tony Dungy says of the Rooney Rule that was approved in late 2002. Dungy, one of only two African American coaches in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – Fritz Pollard is the other – was in the midst of his Super Bowl-winning career when the Rooney Rule was adopted.

The National Football League has never liked snitches. But if Major League Baseball is teaching the NFL anything, the 2020 season may depend on them.