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DAVIE John Hannah Color Rush Jersey , Fla. (AP) 鈥?Hours after his team won the Super Bowl, New England Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores was hired Monday as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.Flores helped the Patriots shut down the high-scoring Los Angeles Rams for a 13-3 victory in the title game Sunday night in Atlanta, and then flew to Miami to seal his deal with the Dolphins."It has been a whirlwind 24 hours," Flores said with a smile at a news conference that drew two dozen cameras."Looking at this crowd here, you'd think we won the Super Bowl," Miami owner Stephen Ross said. "I've never seen this many people in this room. … To me, you start an organization by signing a great leader. I believe we've found that leader."More Miami Dolphins newsMaking it official: Dolphins hire Super Bowl-winning Patriots assistant Brian Flores as 13th head coach in franchise historyJaguars CB Jalen Ramsey catches a TD on offense as AFC thumps NFC in rainy Pro Bowl in OrlandoDolphins meet again with Patriots assistant Brian FloresDolphins must wait until after Super Bowl to seal deal with Patriots LB coach Brian FloresFormer Dolphins six-time Pro Bowl selection Bob Kuechenberg dies at age 71Flores was the first person the Dolphins interviewed after they fired coach Adam Gase on Dec. 31. They decided on Jan. 11 to offer the job to Flores, the Patriots' defensive play-caller, but had to wait until New England's season ended to complete an agreement."I wasn't in a rush to become a head coach," said Flores, 37. "I had a good job in New England. I'm thankful I'm part of this organization now. We're going to do everything possible to build a winner here."While preparing for the Super Bowl, Flores also began to hire a Miami staff. The group is expected to include former Colts and Lions head coach Jim Caldwell as assistant head coach, Patriots receivers coach Chad O'Shea as offensive coordinator and Packers assistant Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator.Flores, the son of Honduran immigrants, grew up in Brooklyn and has spent his entire coaching career with the Patriots. He joined them in 2004 and became their de facto defensive coordinator a year ago after Matt Patricia left to join the Lions as their head coach.Flores is the ninth former assistant to Bill Belichick to become a head coach."Two things that stand out immediately when you meet Brian are his football intelligence and leadership skills," Miami general manager Chris Grier said in a statement. "If you talk with anyone who has played for him or worked with him, you will hear about his ability to lead and get the most out of people. Brian sets a high standard for his players and coaches Tedy Bruschi Jersey , and we are completely aligned with our vision on how to build a successful organization."Flores becomes the NFL's fourth minority head coach for 2019, which is half the total of last season. Diversity advocates have questioned the effectiveness of the Rooney Rule requiring teams to interview at least one minority candidate for any head coach or general manager vacancy.A former Boston College linebacker, Flores also coached offense and special teams with New England. He has a long relationship with Grier, who took charge of football operations in the recent organizational shake-up.Both started as scouts for the Patriots, the Dolphins' longtime nemeses in the AFC East. Flores will report to Grier under the team's new, more streamlined leadership structure.Flores becomes Miami's 10th head coach since 2004, including three interim coaches. He is leaving a team that won its sixth Super Bowl since 2002 to join a franchise that has not won a playoff game since 2000 and plans to rebuild after another dismal season.The Dolphins went 7-9 in 2018 to miss the playoffs for the 15th time in 17 years. They allowed 6,257 yards, the most in franchise history, and the offense was also among the league's worst, finishing ranked 31st.After Ross fired Gase, he ordered a roster overhaul and acknowledged it may take several seasons to build a winner. The revamp is likely to include the departure of quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has been with Miami since 2012 but has never taken a postseason snap. For much of the game, the New England Patriots were in a shootout against the Miami Dolphins. However, a field goal and subsequent kickoff that left only seven seconds on the clock seemed to have sealed the deal in the visitors favor. Alas, it was not meant to be: the Dolphins were able to cover 69 yards on a last-second play consisting of a forward pass and a pair of laterals to win the contest 34-33.New England was in collective state of disappointment and shock afterwards. “That’s as tough as it gets,” Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon Rob Gronkowski Color Rush Jersey , who had a very good day and finished the game with five catches for 96 yards and a crucial pass interference penalty drawn, told reporters after the game. “A buzzer-beater like that type of a game, or a way to end the game, I’ve never seen anything like that in my career.”Naturally, the final play was the biggest story after the game — and a frequently discussed topic in the press room and locker room. “Obviously, it’s a real disappointing ending for us today,” head coach Bill Belichick said during his postgame press conference. “There’s a lot of things we could have done better. It came down to one play, but there were a lot of things besides that. In the end, we’ve just got to do a better job than we did.”Belichick was not the only member of the organization to stress the theme of doing a better job. “We just have to do a better job [with] leverage, tackling. Seven seconds, we just have to make that play,” defensive captain Devin McCourty said. The veteran defender played a central role on the Hail Mary play — not just because of his involvement, but because he was not on the field despite being one of the Patriots’ fastest players and surest tacklers.Instead, tight end Rob Gronkowski was part of the package New England opted to send onto the field. He also was the last line of defense against running back Kenyan Drake, who scored the game-winning touchdown. “I just saw the ball going lateral, hook and ladder and stuff,” Gronkowski said. “I didn’t think it was going to get to me https://www.patriotsfanstore.com/Tom-Brady-Jersey , and then just saw the guy trucking down the field. [...] You saw what happened from there.”The fact that Gronkowski was on the field was evidence that the Patriots were trying to get ready for a potential Hail Mary pass down the field — despite the pass having to travel around 70 yards through the air. “Every time we practice it, it’s for the Hail Mary,” the tight end, who had arguably his best game of the season and finished with eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, said.However, Duron Harmon said that the Patriots knew a Hail Mary was unlikely given the distance. “You just know they’re not throwing the ball 75 yards to like the end zone,” the safety said (via the Providence Journal’s Mark Daniels). “We knew that. We knew it was going to be a lateral situation. If the ball was at the 35-yard line or 40-yard line, we’d think Hail Mary, everyone get back, play the tip. But it was where they were, position, on the field, we knew it wasn’t going to be a Hail Mary.”“If they throw the ball up in the air, you want a guy like Gronk to bat the ball down,” continued cornerback Jason McCourty, who was on the field for the final play as opposed to his twin brother. “Obviously, if we know exactly what the play is you can sub all 11 and get the exact people you want on it. You just don’t know. You’re trying to prepare for any and everything. We just didn’t do a good enough job.”Quarterback Tom Brady also acknowledged that the team failed to do a good enough job to win the game Dwayne Allen Color Rush Jersey , while simultaneously congratulating the Dolphins for their execution at the end. “They made a good play,” Brady, who — like Gronkowski — arguably played his best game of the year. “I think we all have plays on offense for kind of those desperation plays, and I thought they did a good job executing it. They got it to their fast guys.”However, the 41-year old is ready to flip the page to the next challenge: the Pittsburgh Steelers who like the Patriots are fighting for playoff positioning. “We get back to work,” Brady said when asked about what can be done after a loss like today’s. “If they didn’t make that play at the end, we’d do the same thing.” Returning to work and trying to bounce back also was a recurring theme for the team after the game.“We’ve got to come in and go to work on Monday,” center and offensive captain David Andrews said. “That’s all we can do. We’ve got a big challenge this week with Pittsburgh. We’ve got to come in, go back to work and get this ship corrected.” “I think we’ve got a tough group of guys,” Josh Gordon said. “We can handle it. We can bounce back. We’re on to Pittsburgh now at this point.”“We’ve just got to keep working hard. We’ve just got to keep grinding. We’ve got to keep focusing and just come together as a team more,” Gronkowski said. Despite this mentality, however, the Patriots appear to know that this last-second loss will test their mental toughness moving forward. “It’s going to test our character. It’s going to test our mental toughness,” noted Gronkowski.Defensive lineman Trey Flowers also sees it the same way. “It’s going to be tough, but we still have a lot of games left,” he told reporters. The next one will be big for this team as it tries to get back on track towards the postseason — and to put the memory of that final play against the Dolphins behind it.