Sashi? Dorsey? Browns GMs of the past don’t matter

There are players on the current Cleveland Browns that can be tied to previous regimes, but in the big picture it really doesn’t matter.

The Cleveland Browns finished the season 11-5, got their first playoff win since 1994, and appear to be on the right trajectory for once. With that there are some who are trying to attribute the current success of the team to a general manager of the past. This has led to a debate of which former general manager is more responsible, Sashi Brown or John Dorsey? The fact of the matter is that it is irrelevant considering neither are currently with the team.

Sashi Brown was at the helm during the Browns pure tanking period. While Brown did cultivate all the draft capital that would be used by his successor, he was an awful evaluator of talent and the overwhelming majority of his draft picks outside of Myles Garrett were a massive disappointment.

John Dorsey may have increased the upper talent level of the team, but left the supporting cast in the basement of the NFL. Acquisitions of Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, Olivier Vernon, and Kareem Hunt highlight his tenure. Dorsey’s draft history and inability to elevate the middle and lower tiers of the team left a lot to be desired. Dorsey did have some success in the draft with Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb, but he has far too many misses to consider his drafts in Cleveland to be anything more than mediocre.

Looking at the current Browns roster the team has fingerprints from both Sashi Brown and John Dorsey. Both had shortcomings in their process of team building which is why they are no longer in Cleveland. Heavy analytical influence? Football guy? Who cares? Trying to give more credit to one general manager over the other is a complete waste of time. Brown and Dorsey both have their respective fans, but in the end they should be nothing more than a footnote in team history.