That’s a wrap for John Dorsey. On Tuesday, the Browns and Dorsey agreed to part ways, as Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. 
Dorsey and owner Jimmy Haslam met on Tuesday afternoon to discuss potential options for moving forward. Reportedly, Haslam was considering a scenario in which Dorsey would stay on board in a restructured front office. That did not work for Dorsey, an executive with decades of experience who has become accustomed to doing things his way.
The Browns hired Dorsey near the end of the 2017 season after firing Sashi Brown. Brown was widely criticized for his decisions in Cleveland, but his future-minded strategy tee’d up Dorsey with tons of fiscal flexibility and draft picks. In two seasons at the helm, Dorsey has not been able to translate those assets into wins. The Browns improved from 0-16 in 2017 (because there’s only one way to go from there), but they only managed a 7-8-1 record in 2018 and a 6-10 mark this year.
On the plus side – Dorsey is responsible for bringing in the likes of quarterback Baker Mayfield, cornerback Denzel Ward, receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, and defensive notables Sheldon Richardson and Olivier Vernon. Dorsey hasn’t been perfect, and his selection of Freddie Kitchens as the team’s head coach obviously didn’t pan out, but one could argue that Dorsey has been given a raw deal and not enough time to right the ship.
What’s next for the Browns is anyone’s guess. The club could give more power to chief strategist Paul DePodesta, who transitioned from baseball to football to become one of Haslam’s top consiglieres. Old friend Andrew Berry – who currently serves as Eagles VP of football operations – could also garner consideration for the GM job.
The most Browns news ever
They’re terrible. We’re totally starting over. Again. Fuck this ownership.
Josh McDaniels as GM?!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Stupid. Other than the Kitchens hire he’s been a great GM.
I agree, he made some moves that back fired but definitely put this team in the right direction!!
Agreed, but one has to wonder if Kitchens was his choice or Haslam’s
If it was Haslam’s, Dorsey shouldn’t take the fall. Even if it was Dorsey’s though, we’re talking one misstep. I wouldn’t fire a good GM over that. The roster he’s built is solid, which is the more important thing. It’s super easy to change coaches.
ruckus727 He was victim of outside expectations. Made some noise adding talent like OBJ and everyone overhyped them and built up expectations and hope for instant major results. Instead they kept moving in the right direction rather then shooting right to the top of the league. His team couldn’t immediately meet the crazy high expectations and unfortunately ownership bought into the hype too, not just the fans.
Agreed. Browns trending up. The talent is there. The Kitchens hire though may have torpedoed him.
This guy built the current Chiefs team. Whats going on in the rust belt?
Too soon.
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Glad to see AB’s college degree at work. Was that english?
Ebonics made easy.
All the money in the world can’t fix stupid.
The one that needs to leaveisHaslam
I guess Elliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith won’t be considered? Something tells me them leaving the Packers wasn’t such a great idea. Just the Browns being the Browns.
Haslam and his wife Dee need to move in and sell. Maybe their besty Miles Garret ( now working at the local Walmart U presume) can go with them
Can franchises be traded? For the sake of Cleveland fans, maybe they can trade the Browns to Shad Khan in exchange for the Jaguars.
Then Shad can make them the London Browns. Cleveland Jags has a nice ring to it. Win-win?
Wow I thought Dorsey put a good product with upside on the field…seems like the Browns are jumping the gun yet again…they should’ve hired a well respected HC that was willing to work with Dorsey to take over on the sideline…they have playoff team written all over them based on talent alone
Dorsey knows how to pick a qb. Maybe he should just be a consultant for teams to bring in that need a qb. It seems that shortly after he gets the ship righted, ownership sends him packing.
dorsey made the mistake of betting on freddie which was a disaster. but i promise you he’s insanely more competent than anyone the haslam’s would hire. get ready for sashi brown 2.0 or paul depodesta to be gm
I swear the Haslam’s can’t do anything right. They’ve proven time and again they can’t do things in a competent manner in football. Was a structure change needed if it cost you the guy who actually brought in some serious talent over the course of two years? My guess is that Alonzo Highsmith gets the GM title, but it’s going to a watered down version of what Dorsey had and whoever the browns choose to be the next coach (whatever screw up they choose) will have more influence in the front office… and I’ll be posting this comment again within 3 years.
Yeah, they’re clearing the deck for Baby Hoodie and a figurehead GM.
Browns need to do 4 things
1. You need to upgrade the oline. Badly. Protect your qb and rb is top priority
2. Idk what it would take but you bring in Ozzie newsome. Anything he wants. First born child whatever it takes. You bring that man back to Cleveland and let him do what he did for the ravens.
3. You let Ozzie pick his hc and the staff. Preferably someone like Mike McCarthy and bring in a young defensive coordinator
4. You need to get rid of OBJ. Texan’s make sense for 3rd and 4th round pick. Take back Kenny Stills contract. And sign a veteran receiver like Emmanuel Sanders and a TE like Jacob Hollister, not a flashy guy but gets the job done.
There are a lot of strong willed knucklehead players they need to get rid of.
That Bengals game, I watched Jarvis kneel down on a curl rout and not even attempt to get up. That was a pick. Then he’s arguing with the coach.
OBJ, well what can be said about him? He’s way overrated, never impacts the game, and is a massive distraction. Get rid of his drama.
Myles Garrett after his helmet swinging and race baiting nonsense? That guy is a total joke and probably a roid rager, based on his behavior.
The only guy I’d even consider building around on that squad is Nick Chubb. He’s a professional and balls out every game. But unfortunately he’s a RB and they have short shelf lives.
Time for another Browns teardown and reboot…..
I actually had thought about Ozzie as GM. Would be awesome to get him, and instant credibility.
John Dorsey is just the latest addition to the list of people who have succeeded elsewhere and was unable to make it work in Cleveland. This cannot be a coincidence obviously ownership is a huge issue for the Browns. Other people around the NFL see this as well which is probably why Matt rule declined the invitation to interview for the head coaching job there. This guy has walked into two separate dumpster flyers and was able to turn the programs completely around by him declining the interview request it is as if he is saying “not even I can fix what is wrong in Cleveland“.
Wow. Bad move, IMO.
Jimmy Haslam: “Can someone get me the cell number for Condoleezza Rice?”
This is the only GM that every showed signs of life in bringing talent to the browns. Horrible move.
Go after Belichick and offer him the GM spot too.
Bill is already the GM in New England. He makes all personnel decisions.
Dorsey to Redskins
Nothing more than an obvious power struggle firing/I quit……whatever you want to call it. Dorsey trying to save face.
Bears shoukd dump Ryan Pace and grab this guy
Man I thought it was bad in Chicago.
They made one step forward last year and now two steps back. Dorsey made one too many moves in putting Kitchens in. He should have left the coaching staff alone.