The Cleveland Browns fired Ken Dorsey on Sunday, parting ways with their second offensive coordinator in as many seasons.
Offensive line coach Andy Dickerson also was let go by the team.
“I think the world of those two guys as people, as coaches, but I’m going to go in a different direction, but I’m appreciative of their hard work,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said.
The Browns concluded their season Saturday with a 35-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, finishing 3-14. Their offense, hampered by rotating quarterbacks and another season-ending injury to running back Nick Chubb, mustered only an NFL-low 15.2 points per game.
Cleveland will finish last in the NFL in scoring with 258 points — fewer than half the points scored by the Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens.
“We have to play better on offense in a bunch of different areas,” Stefanski said. “We need to do a better job of setting our team up for success. Too often this season, our defense had to take the field in tough spots. It’s not a formula for winning.”
Stefanski, who has a 40-44 record in five seasons with the Browns, is expected to be retained, NFL Network reported.
This is the second consecutive season that Dorsey, 43, has been fired. The Buffalo Bills dismissed him 10 games into the 2023 season amid perception the Josh Allen-led offense was underachieving.
In Cleveland, Dorsey replaced Alex Van Pelt, who was let go within days of the Browns getting routed 45-14 by the Houston Texans in the wild-card round of the playoffs last Jan. 13. The Van Pelt offense ranked 10th in the NFL in points per game (23.3).
It was expected Dorsey would take quarterback Deshaun Watson to the next level, but the Browns were 1-6 when Watson was lost for the season with a torn Achilles. Veteran Jameis Winston and second-year quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson took over at the position, with Bailey Zappe making his first start of the season in the loss on Saturday.
–Field Level Media
