While things appear to be moving in a favorable direction for Leslie Frazier to have the interim tag removed from his coaching title, the Vikings can't make anything official until after their regular-season finale on Sunday.

In fact, assuming Frazier does end up with the job, nothing likely will happen until early next week.

That's because the Vikings must go through the formal process of opening up the full-time position before promoting Frazier in order to satisfy the Rooney Rule. (Deadspin pointed this out and I was told their information was on the money.)

I know what you're saying. This seems silly since Frazier is black and the purpose of the Rooney Rule is to make sure a team with a coaching opening interviews a minority candidate. But that's the way the rule is written.

So even if the Vikings were to have a handshake agreement in place with Frazier they still couldn't circumvent the rule at this point and confirm that Frazier would be their choice.