Inside The Bills

Rivera declined?

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera was offered the opportunity to interview with the Bills for their vacant head coaching post. Rivera reportedly took a pass.

Rivera reportedly turned down opportunities to interview with both the Bills and the Seahawks for their open head coaching jobs. Minnesota defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier initially turned down the opportunity to interview for the Seahawks job believing he was nothing more than an interviewee that would satisfy the league’s Rooney Rule that at least one minority candidate be interviewed during the hiring process.

Frazier ultimately changed his mind and did interview with Seattle over the weekend. 

It’s unclear if Rivera, who is of Hispanic descent, feels the same way about the Seattle job. It would be hard for him to take such a stance regarding the Bills job since the only two confirmed interviews for the Buffalo head coaching post have been minority candidates in Perry Fewell and Frazier.