Brian Flores heads back to New England as a Patriot one last time." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesThe Phinsider homepageHorizontal - WhiteThe Phinsidera Miami Dolphins communityFollow The Phinsider online:Follow The Phinsider on TwitterFollow The Phinsider on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchThe Phinsider main menuSectionsFanpostsFanshotsLibraryDolphinsOddsShopAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteSections 2018 NFL Draft2018 NFL Free Agency2018 Mock Drafts2018 Draft ProspectsHead coach Brian Flores to attend Patriots Super Bowl ring ceremony New Chandler Cox Jersey nfl draft ,16commentsBrian Flores heads back to New England as a Patriot one last time.EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Head coach Brian Flores to attend Patriots Super Bowl ring ceremony TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Mark Brown/Getty ImagesHead coach Brian Flores has been a Miami Dolphin for a few months now, but the long time New England Patriot will don the red, white, and blue one last time this Thursday.According to Mike Reiss of ESPN, Patriots owner Robert Kraft is hosting a private ring ceremony that will bring together the now-scattered 2018 Super Bowl champion team. Despite now being the head coach of the division rival Miami Dolphins, Flores is scheduled to attend the party.Last season, Flores was the defensive play caller and de facto defensive coordinator of the Patriots. He called the defensive plays for one of the most impressive defensive performances ever seen on the NFL’s biggest stage, as the Patriots defense smothered a high powered Los Angeles Rams offense that set records during the 2018 regular season.Flores was also New England’s linebackers coach from 2016-2018. Prior to holding that title Chandler Cox Miami Dolphins Jerseys , he was an assistant coach at numerous positions, as well as a scout for the Bill Belichick’s personnel department back in the early 2000s. In other words, before moving to Miami, Flores was a Patriot through and through, so it’s not surprising that he’s returning to his old stomping grounds for one last celebration of the greatest achievement of his football career.Flores now has four Super Bowl rings from his decade-and-a-half long career with the Patriots, something most coaches and players in the NFL can only dream about. Now rebuilding a long beleaguered Dolphins team, he’ll attempt to add to that impressive collection in his trophy cabinet and hopefully reach the pinnacle of NFL achievement once more, only next time Miami Dolphins Jerseys Stitched , he’ll be wearing aqua and orange. Cowboys defensive end Robert Quinn returned to the team this week after serving a two-game suspension. He met with the media and was asked where he worked out, the frustration of watching the Cowboys play on television and playing against his former team this week.He also was asked about whether he would raise his fist during the national anthem Sunday.Quinn seemed weary of the question.“Um, why did the protest start? Then what did you all turn it into?” Quinn said to silence from reporters. “I’m asking you. Protest started because? And what did you all media turn into? You all consider us players as one. You all media, you all turned it into . . . [I want to] use the right word. You all took the message and made it into what you all wanted to make it. Now, I could sit there and beat this over the head, beat this over the head. Again, I’m not going back writing the story. At the end of the day, y’all know what’s being done. Y’all see what’s being done about it. So whether I can sit and talk about it Chandler Cox Jersey nfl draft , I see how people move. So I’d rather me keeping myself. . . .I handle my business the way I handle it. You want to know what I’m about, you come speak to me in my personal space, not at work. And you [will] see how I really roll.”Quinn, acquired in a trade from the Dolphins in the offseason, has raised a fist during the national anthem since 2016 when he was with the Rams. The Cowboys are one of the few teams never to have had a player protest during the national anthem.Quinn did not raise his fist during the preseason. During training camp, he sounded as if he has made a decision not to raise his fist this season, blaming the media for turning the protests for social injustice into a “distraction.”