Buffalo Bills promote Ken Dorsey to OC to replace Brian Daboll

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Josh Allen got his wish.

The Buffalo Bills have promoted quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Ken Dorsey to offensive coordinator, filling the role that now-New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll vacated last week.

Daboll was interested in bringing Dorsey with him to the Giants as his offensive coordinator, but Dorsey will instead stay with Allen in Buffalo.

Dorsey has been working with Allen for the last three seasons. Before his time in Buffalo, Dorsey was the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers from 2013-17. As a quarterback himself, Dorsey led the Miami Hurricanes to a national title in 2001 and played in the NFL from 2003-08.

Allen had advocated for Dorsey becoming the Bills next offensive coordinator this week.

«I think when he got here three years ago, my career definitely changed in terms of how I viewed the game of football,» Allen said. «Just having a guy in the quarterback room that played the game, was the winningest college quarterback of all time. 38-2, he'll never let me forget that, he says it all the time, but just the way he approaches the game, he's competitive, he's smart, he works his ass off.»

The team also interviewed Baltimore Ravens wide receiver coach Tee Martin and Las Vegas Raiders wide receivers coach Edgar Bennett for the position.

Daboll teamed up with former Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen on the Giants. He came into the Bills organization in 2018, the same year that Allen was drafted seventh overall out of Wyoming. In Daboll's first season with the Bills, the offense ranked 30th in points and yards per game, but in the last two seasons, Buffalo has ranked in the top five in yards and points per game.

After completing 56.3% of passes and