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Browns Announce New GM John Dorsey So Quickly It Raises Questions Of Rooney Rule Compliance

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Well that was fast. About as fast as cornerback Joe Haden flipped from the Cleveland Browns to the Pittsburgh Steelers following his release back in August, the Browns in the same day fired Sashi Brown and replaced him with John Dorsey. If you’re wondering how they could have accomplished the task so quickly, however, you are not the only one.

There is this little thing called the Rooney Rule, and regardless of your feelings about it, it is an obligation that must be fulfilled for all front office and head coaching vacancies in the NFL.