Ken Dorsey Sheds Light On Bills Exit: 'Have To Turn The Page'
Nearly three months after his firing on Nov. 14, former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey finally broke the silence surrounding his departure.
The Cleveland Browns introduced Dorsey as their offensive coordinator on Monday, and naturally, some questions about his time in Buffalo popped up. When asked about what led to his firing, Dorsey confirmed that the decision to move on was made by Bills coach Sean McDermott, even if he didn't mention him by name.
“Look, at the end of the day, the head coach decided to make a change and that’s something I have to turn the page on,” Dorsey told reporters. “I’m really excited to be here and more focused on this opportunity than what happened there.”
Dorsey's firing came right after a frustrating loss to the Denver Broncos two days earlier, which dropped the Bills to just 5-5 on the season. That marked a low point in the Bills' worst stretch of the season in which the offense struggled mightily with turnovers.
Buffalo improved substantially after handing the reins to then-quarterbacks coach Joe Brady, as the team went 7-2 with him calling the plays. During that same time, Dorsey was hard at work improving himself as a play caller in hopes of landing another job, which of course he did.
“One of the big things is, it gave me time to kind of go back and look at it and (say), ‘OK, here’s what we were doing schematically and how we were utilizing our personnel,’ and really evaluate what we were doing,” Dorsey said. “When I did, I felt like there were a lot of great things that we were doing.
“There are always things (of), ‘Hey, maybe I would do this a little bit different moving forward.’”
Now, Dorsey is tasked with guiding a talented Browns offense, albeit one with questions under center. As he moves into the next chapter of his career, Dorsey will no doubt look back on his time with the Bills and learn from his previous shortcomings.
“When you look back and say, ‘Were we on the right track? Were we doing the things I felt like, at the end of the day, as the leader of the offense and play-caller were giving us the best chance to win?’ – in a lot of cases, there were a lot of ‘Yeses,’ and sometimes, in certain situations, I would maybe do something a little different,” Dorsey said.
