Josh Allen is taking the firing of former Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey personally.
The two have had a close connection throughout their time together in Buffalo, which made the news that came down on Tuesday morning hard for Allen to hear.
Dorsey was relieved of his duties as offensive coordinator less than 24 hours after the Bills lost to the Broncos and dropped to 5-5.
Buffalo’s loss came after a boneheaded penalty allowed the Broncos a second chance at a game-winning field goal after missing the first attempt.
Allen said that he took the firing “very personally” and believed that Dorsey would still have a job had they won the Monday night game.
“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,” Allen told reporters on Wednesday.
“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.”
But there’s no question Allen felt the weight of the move to fire Dorsey and give quarterbacks coach Joe Brady the interim job.
Dorsey had worked with Allen dating back to 2019 when he was the quarterbacks coach for the Bills and then Allen lobbied for Dorsey to get the OC job in 2022 after Buffalo got bounced from the playoffs by the Chiefs.
Allen said that he had spoken with head coach Sean McDermott about why the decision was made and the quarterback said he understood the thought process.
“I love Dorsey,” Allen said, per Pro Football Talk. “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 I’ve had in my career and he’s been a huge part of that. Sad to see him go. Fact is, if we play better as a team we probably don’t have to make a move like that. He’s a big part of what we’ve been doing the last few years. I talked with coach [Sean] McDermott. I understand the thought process of why we’re doing it.
“It’s unfortunate, but, at the same time, we’ve got a game against a division rival on Sunday and we still have time to turn this thing around.”
The Bills host the Jets this weekend in a crucial AFC East matchup for both teams.
The Jets defeated the Bills in Week 1 on “Monday Night Football.”
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