Giants head coach Brian Daboll will have to look elsewhere for his new offensive coordinator, as the Buffalo Bills announced Ken Dorsey has been promoted into Daboll’s old OC role.
SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano confirmed Daboll’s interest in trying to lure Dorsey over to the Giants. Vacchiano mentioned the Bills potentially offering this role for him, and it happened quickly as there was interest for Dorsey from teams other than the Giants, too.
The Giants still hope Daboll’s staff will be complete “by the beginning of next week,” Vacchiano mentioned, so we could hear very soon who their choice at OC will be.
According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafalo and Tom Pelissero, the finalists with Dorsey out of the picture are Pep Hamilton, Chad O’Shea, and Mike Kafka.
For Dorsey’s case, though, it’s hard to pass up coaching Josh Allen, easily a Top 5 quarterback in the league, as his signal-caller. The Bills are still a Super Bowl contender even if they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in heartbreaking fashion two weeks ago.
But that doesn’t mean another Bills coach won’t be coming to New York. Though Dorsey is staying in Buffalo, a source told Vacchiano that Bobby Johnson, the team’s offensive line coach, was offered the same role with the Giants. No deal is confirmed, but it’s expected that Johnson will come over to East Rutherford.
Daboll will continue to work hard to fill out his staff, but Dorsey, a sought after coach who would’ve been an exceptional hire, won’t be leaving upstate New York anytime soon.