Let’s run through the timeline one more time 

🔹It’s reported Patriots are very interested in Mike Vrabel
🔹They can’t hire anyone until the Rooney rule is satisfied
🔹They interview 2 Black men that haven’t coached in 2 seasons
🔹Everyone rightly says “that’s weird”
🔹They extend a request to Aaron Glenn after they face backlash as a means to show they planned to interview more than the required amount of Black men. They have no intention to hire him. 
🔹Glenn turns down the interview
🔹They begin negotiations to hire Vrabel the next day. 

Someone has to tell me why they think the Patriots didn’t try to use Glenn now. Staying the Rooney Rule is dumb is not a valid answer.