The New England Patriots made some significant moves on Tuesday.
Zak Kuhr, who spent the majority of last season calling defensive plays, had his interim tag removed and will reportedly will soon be named defensive coordinator. Vinny DePalma, who has spent each of the last two seasons as a general defensive assistant, will be elevated to fill the role of inside linebackers coach.
It's fair to say those decisions were cut and dry, but they didn't come without first taking care of business.
The NFL first required the organization to satisfy The Rooney Rule -- which mandates that teams interview at least two external minority and/or female candidates for head coach, general manager, offensive and defensive coordinator, and senior operational positions.
The Patriots did just that, with one of the candidates being Cleveland Browns passing game coordinator Ephraim Banda, according to NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry.
Banda, 44, has been a hot commodity in recent seasons and also interviewed for the same role with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland -- ultimately staying put and being promoted to passing game coordinator.
New England has quickly satisfied the rule several times over the last few seasons, making extremely quick decisions with the hirings of Jerod Mayo, Eliot Wolf and Mike Vrabel -- the former of which had his promotion written into his contract rendering the rule moot.
It's unclear who else was interviewed for the job at One Patriot Place, but the job deservedly went to Kuhr.