2 fired Browns coaches land on their toes with new jobs within the NFL

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski has been the play-caller since he was put in as the top man 5 years in the past. So, this previous season, when he handed the reins to OC Ken Dorsey, it shocked a variety of of us.

This was additionally the time interval when beginning QB Deshaun Watson turned injured and landed on IR after surgical procedure. All of the sudden, backup quarterback Jameis Winston was the starter and on the similar time, Dorsey turned the play caller.

At season’s finish, the Browns launched Dorsey together with OL coach Andy Dickerson. In late January, Dorsey had an interview with the Dallas Cowboys for his or her vacant OC place. Now, the Cowboys have employed Dorsey, however as a pass-game specialist, based on ESPN on Monday:

Dickerson additionally discovered a brand new place, with the Las Vegas Raiders:

Andy Dickerson, previously the Browns and Seahawks OL coach, is becoming a member of Pete Carroll’s Raiders workers as assistant OL coach.

— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) February 11, 2025

After their very tough one season in Cleveland, Dorsey and Dickerson landed on their toes.

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Winston ignited a stagnant offense and was thrilling to look at; and brutal to look at as he continued his dangerous behavior of throwing interceptions like they have been beads off of a Mardi Gras float.

In Winston’s first begin, he threw for 334 yards with three touchdowns. Within the following sport, he tossed three picks. He had 395 yards in a loss to the lowly New Orleans Saints and 497 yards within the 41-32 loss to the Denver Broncos. In that contest, he threw 4 touchdowns. He additionally related on three interceptions.

The Browns did defeat each the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers with Winston underneath heart and Dorsey’s performs.

Winston was benched after this three-pick efficiency towards the defending Tremendous Bowl champs Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

All of the whereas, Dorsey was complimented on his play-call skills. Form of.

It wasn’t simply the act of putting in a brand new quarterback that prompted Stefanski to surrender the playcalling duties. It additionally freed him up for extra time in conferences and the flexibility to now attend conferences that needed to do with the protection, one thing he not often attended.

With out Winston’s explosive numbers, the offense plummeted into obscurity ending the season ranked twenty eighth in whole offense and useless final in scoring. Plus, the Browns went 2-5 underneath the Winston/Dorsey group.

Winston was benched after tossing eight interceptions in three video games and Dorian Thompson-Robinson together with Bailey Zappe completed out the season. In these three video games, the Browns solely scored six, three, and 10 factors, respectively.

Dickerson’s offensive line struggling didn’t assist Dorsey with some reporting that Mike Vrabel mainly took over because the offensive line coach someday in the course of the season.

The Cowboys have said that Dorsey’s new place might be an on-field function as he might be working with new head coach Brian Schottenheimer and their new OC Klayton Adams. Neither Adams nor Dorsey will name performs for Dallas as Schottenheimer has introduced he’ll tackle these duties.

Dorsey performed QB seven years within the NFL together with a stint with Cleveland from 2006-2008, and one season within the CFL. He had 16 NFL begins. With the Browns, he performed in 5 video games with three begins and went 0-3-0. With the Toronto Argonauts, he was the backup QB.

Dorsey has coached for the Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Payments, Browns, and now Dallas. He has additionally been a university scout with the Panthers and was the Assistant Athletic Director for Florida Worldwide College for one 12 months.