Biggest clue!!If we are promoting Williams from within,then why the Meeks interview?

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2008/01/the_rooney_rule.html

Received some emails about the exact nature of the Rooney Rule in terms of minority hiring in the NFL. I contacted the league for the official statement, as there was some confusion if you had interview a minority candidate it a team was going to hire from within. And, yes they do; there is one exception to the rule that does not apply in this case.

Here's the NFL briefing on the rule from 12/20/02:

"On the December 19-20 conference calls, the owners strongly agreed on the principle that any club seeking to hire a head coach will interview one or more minority applicants for the position. The one exception occurs when a club has made a prior contractual commitment to promote a member of its own staff and no additional interviewing takes place (e.g. Mike Martz and the St. Louis Rams in 2000)."

The only exception to the rule appears to be if someone had a contractual obligation to hire the successor in-house AND did not interview any other candidates.