Bills QB Josh Allen on Ken Dorsey firing: 'Sad to see him go'
Buffalo Bills (5-5) quarterback Josh Allen was “sad” to see Ken Dorsey go after the team relieved the offensive coordinator of his duties Tuesday.
The Bills fired Dorsey, who assumed the position in February 2022, following Buffalo’s 24-22 Week 10 defeat to the Denver Broncos (4-5) Monday.
“Obviously not a set of circumstances you want to be in, especially during the middle of the season,” Allen said Wednesday, via ESPN. “I love Dorsey as a human being; he’s one of the good ones. He’s been in this room with me for a very long time.
“I feel like I owe him a lot of the success that I’ve had in my career, and he’s been a huge part of that, so it’s sad to see him go. The fact is, we play better as a team, we probably don’t have to make a move like that. He was a big part of what we’ve been doing here in the last few years.”
Allen and Dorsey were tied to the hip dating back to 2019, when the latter became the team’s quarterbacks coach. After Brian Daboll took the New York Giants’ head coaching job after the 2021 season, it was Allen who lobbied for Dorsey to become the new offensive coordinator.
But with the Bills sitting outside the playoff picture through 10 games and the offense not performing up to expectations, something needed to change. In the end, Allen knows that if the offense had played better, Dorsey would still be employed.
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“Without a doubt, and I take that very personally,” Allen said. “It hurts a lot to see someone you care about go through a situation like that and to know that if I could have done more, if this offense could have done more, we wouldn’t have had to do something like that.
“… It’s an unfortunate series of events that have led up to it, but, again, as much as you can sit here and feel sorry for yourself and you can sulk on what’s going on, we got a game to prepare for and it’s four days away, so we can’t pay too much attention to it.”
The Bills named quarterbacks coach Joe Brady the interim offensive coordinator in Dorsey’s place. Brady is tasked with turning around the Bills’ offense, which has averaged just 20.5 points per game over the past six games after averaging 34.8 in the first four weeks.
“The clock’s ticking on what we can do this season, and it starts this Sunday to try to turn this thing around,” Allen said. “It’s no secret in terms of how many wins you probably need to get to the playoffs, and we don’t got much more wiggle room. So, we understand that.”