The 2019 season, however, would prove to be a disaster for the Browns, who began the campaign by committing 18 penalties in a 13–43 blowout loss to the Tennessee Titans. Plagued by offensive sloppiness and poor discipline all year, they finished with a record of 6–10. The Browns fired Freddie Kitchens on December 29 hours after the Browns' final game of the season: a 23–33 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the worst team in the NFL by record. Two days later, the Browns also parted ways with general manager John Dorsey after disagreements regarding structural changes to the front office.