The Patriots announce that the interview with Ben Johnson has ended

The Patriots announced they have completed an interview with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson for their vacant head coaching position.

Johnson is scheduled to interview with three more teams in the coming days. Hell meet with The Raiders on Friday and then the Jaguars and Bears line up for Saturday.

All interviews will be conducted remotely because NFL rules prohibit assistants from NFL teams from meeting in person at this point.

That was not the case for the other three candidates the Patriots met with this week. Former Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, former Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, and former Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton make up that group, and Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn also missed out on a chance to meet with the club.

Vrabel has been pegged by many as the front-runner to get the job and could be hired at any time because the Rooney Rule requirements are met.