The Browns' disastrous 3-14 season is reportedly not expected to impact head coach Kevin Stefanski's future, but Cleveland is still one day away from the end of the 2024 season. That didn't stop him from making major staff changes within a short time.
According to multiple reports, offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey has been fired after just one year with the team, marking the second time in two seasons that the team has fired the former quarterback and two-time Heisman Trophy finalist. It will be.
Cleveland also reportedly fired offensive line coach Andy Dickerson.
Under Dorsey, the Browns entered Sunday averaging the fewest points per game (15.2) and fifth-fewest yards per game (300.8). The Patriots defeated the Bills and the Titans defeated the Texans.
They also replaced four QBs this season, and Deshaun Watson tore his Achilles tendon in Week 7, leaving Cleveland with Jameis Winston, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, and Bailey Zappe for the rest of the season. Ta.
Stefanski continued to play-call for the start of the season, but days after Watson's season-ending injury, he announced that Dorsey would take over the play-calling role, which is expected to last the rest of the year.
“There are different facets when you're a play-caller and when you're in a play-caller support role,” Dorsey told reporters in October, when the Browns were looking at a mixed bag at 1-6. The road to the postseason According to the team's website. “But obviously, we've done this before and we were excited for the opportunity to go out and see these guys play like they can.”
The Bills hired Dorsey as quarterbacks coach in 2019, added passing game coordinator to that title a year later, and ultimately hired Dorsey as head coach after Brian Daboll left for the Giants as head coach on the offense for the 2022 season. Appointed coordinator.
But after a strong debut season as Buffalo's play-caller, the Bills' chances for a postseason berth are in jeopardy, even with Josh Allen at quarterback, after a 10-game stretch through the start of 2023. It became.
After the Bills lost to the Broncos in Week 10, the Bills fired Dorsey and promoted quarterbacks coach Joe Brady.
Still, Dorsey was traded to the Browns in the offseason despite the team's underwhelming record, but despite Cleveland's hopes of bringing Watson back, it ended up being a short-lived solution. It's over. On the other hand, it could also create quarterback competition for $230. A million disappointments next year.
