Sources – Browns fire OC Ken Dorsey, OL coach Andy Dickerson

Sources – Browns fire OC Ken Dorsey, OL coach Andy Dickerson

The Cleveland Browns have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, league sources told ESPN on Sunday.

The firings come less than 24 hours after the Browns capped a disappointing season marked by injuries and ineffective play at quarterback. The last-place Browns lost 35-10 to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday and finished 3-14, their worst record since their winless 2017 season.

Dorsey and Dickerson lasted just one season in Cleveland, where entering Sunday they rank 28th in the NFL in total offense and 32nd in scoring.

Dorsey was the Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator before being fired from that position in November 2023. He was hired by the Browns in February to work under offensive-minded head coach Kevin Stefanski and help oversee an offense centered around injury-plagued quarterback Deshaun Watson.

But that vision never came to fruition, as Watson posted the lowest overall QBR in the NFL and the Browns failed to score 20 points in each of his seven starts.

Stefanski handed over the reins to Dorsey just days after Watson suffered a season-ending rupture of his right Achilles tendon on October 20. With Jameis Winston as the starter and Dorsey in charge, the offense showed some improvement as the Browns upset the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.

But Winston was benched after throwing eight interceptions in three games. Cleveland started 2023 fifth-round pick Dorian Thompson-Robinson in Weeks 16 and 17, and Bailey Zappe, whom the team signed from the practice squad in October, started Saturday’s season finale.

Dickerson was hired to replace longtime offensive line coach Bill Callahan, who left the position to take the same position with his son Brian, who was named head coach of the Tennessee Titans last year. The Browns rank 28th in rushing yards per game and have given up 66 sacks this season; only the Chicago Bears have allowed more sacks (67).

The Browns will have a top-three pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Watson, who has played in just 19 games since the Browns traded three first-rounders for him and gave him a fully guaranteed $230 million contract before the 2022 season, is still owed $46 million in each of the next two seasons. Dollar. He is expected to return to Cleveland in some capacity, but the Browns will likely bring in competition, whether in free agency or the draft.

Meanwhile, Stefanski will begin the search for his third offensive coordinator since being named the Browns’ head coach in 2020.

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