The Bills have appointed Ken Dorsey as their passing game coordinator, as Sal Capaccio of WGR 550 tweets. It’s a new title for the former quarterback, who serves as the team’s QBs coach.
The new position presumably comes with a pay bump. The Bills nearly lost the former University of Miami passer this year as he garnered interest from the Seahawks and Lions. Ultimately, Dorsey stayed put to serve under Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, but both clubs saw him as a potential fit for their OC vacancies.
Dorsey has been an NFL QBs coach since 2013. He spent five years with the Panthers before following the pipeline up north, joining his former bosses in Buffalo. Dorsey was with Carolina during the franchise’s most recent Super Bowl season, when Cam Newton soared to MVP honors in 2015. Since then, he’s raised his stock even further, taking Josh Allen from an inaccurate prospect to an MVP candidate.
Dorsey, 40, figures to be a hot candidate in the next cycle as well. But, for now, he’ll stay put in Buffalo with an even larger role.
I assume he takes over as OC if/when Daboll gets a head coaching job.
Unless they both get offers, which very well could be the case. If the Bills catch wind of that, they’ll have to make a very good offer to one of them to stay. I would expect Buffalo’s next OC to be decently well compensated.
Daboll is from Buffalo, his teen age daughters have all their friends there and he lives in the same house his grandparents did. He probably doesn’t want to leave. He will be offered a kings ransom to stay, so why take on all the added responsibility and start over without the gems the Bills have on their offense?
I hope you’re right. It’s the romantic in me.
Was neighbors and friends with Kenny Dorsey growing up…he was always a good guy, so glad to see him succeeding yet again!!!
I always knew he’d make a great coach, it’s just to bad he didn’t get more of a shot (with a decent team/o-line) as an NFL qb when he had the chance
Cool!