It ain’t easy replacing the legendary Bill Callahan.
The Cleveland Browns didn’t wait until Black Monday to start firing some coaches.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday that the Browns have fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and former Seattle Seahawks offensive line coach Andy Dickerson, who held the same role in Cleveland. After a 3-14 season, this is only the start of what will likely be another major offseason of coaching and roster turnover for Cleveland.
Dickerson was hired by the Seahawks in 2021 as the run game coordinator, having previously spent nine seasons as an assistant offensive line coach with the Rams. It was almost a packaged deal when you consider this was the same year Shane Waldron was hired as offensive coordinator. When Seattle fired Mike Solari in the 2022 offseason, Dickerson was promoted to offensive line coach and immediately oversaw the promising rookie seasons of tackles Charles Cross and Abe Lucas.
When Pete Carroll was let go last offseason, virtually his entire coaching staff was not retained under current head coach Mike Macdonald. Interestingly enough, Dickerson interviewed to be the Browns offensive coordinator before ultimately replacing the legendary Bill Callahan as OL coach.
Unfortunately, the Browns offense was a disaster for a variety of reasons. Terrible quarterback play (sacks, turnovers, inaccurate throws, the whole shebang), a bad rushing attack, and an offensive line so banged up that Germain Ifedi was their starting left tackle to end the season. Interestingly enough, Cleveland’s OL rates fairly well in pass block win rate and middling in run block win rate.
Reunion coming between Dickerson and Seattle? I wouldn’t count on it. But if the Seahawks move on from offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, it might be worth monitoring offensive line coach Scott Huff’s future given they’re both first-time NFL coaches whose respective units have had huge struggles this season.