After their dismal 3-14 season and four straight games with 10 points or fewer, the Browns have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, a league source told cleveland.com.
As Dorsey walked out of the locker room and headed to the bus after Saturday’s 35-10 season-ending loss to the Ravens, he looked upset.
It was the second time he’s been fired since the Bills let him go after 10 games last season.
The Browns were last in total points with less than 15 per game and close to last in total yards and rushing yards. In the past four games, all losses, they’ve scored 7, 6, 3 and 10 points, respectively.
Dorsey, the former Browns quarterback, was hired after last season to replace Alex Van Pelt in a major overhaul of the offensive staff. The re-do was an abject failure from start to finish.
Kevin Stefanski considered relinquishing playcalling to Dorsey at the start of the seaons, but retained the chore through an abysmal 1-6 start, with a struggling Deshaun Watson at the helm. He turned it over to Dorsey Oct. 27th against the Bengals, and at first, it seemed like a smart move. Jamies Winston, who replaced Watson when he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon Oct. 20 vs. the Bengals, averaged more than 300 yards per game in his seven starts, and set the club record with 497 in the loss to the Broncos.
But Winston was prone to interceptions –12 in his seven starts — and they earned him a trip to the bench for the final three games of the season. Dorian Thompson-Robinson started Weeks 16 and 17 against the Bengals and Dolphins, and the turnovers continued.
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