Absurd to think but the Cleveland Browns have been extremely secretive when it comes to detailing the strategies that result from their extraordinary investment in analytics.
Why is it absurd? Because analytics have produced below average results.
How can we measure the results of analytics if the Browns hold their strategies so close to the vest? Well let me take a stab at this.
- Paul DePodesta is in his 8th season as Chief Strategy Officer
- The Browns record in his first 7 seasons is 40-73-1.....
- The only documented record I can locate of Mr. DePodesta's strategy are his infamous Guardrails:
Every single guardrail published all those years ago can be questioned and the Brown Blog plan to look at every guardrail in the coming weeks, but today let's look at one guardrail that is "in the news" of late.
PAUL DePODESTA GUARDRAIL OF THE WEEK - DON'T PAY FOR DEPTH
In a season in which Jimmy Haslam is paying over $280,000,000 in player salaries, many of them free agent signees, which in itself is an abandonment of another guardrail strategy, but leave that for another week, the Browns simply could not resist the analytical goldmine of accumulating a 5th round pick and saving $2,000,000 in salary by trading Josh Dobbs. Dobbs is playing well, he is playing in fact like a QB who has been in the NFL for 6 seasons and knows how to handle the QB role.
I too was swept away by DTR's pre season performance however I am not being paid a 7 figure salary to make roster decisions for the Cleveland Browns.
The aligned team of Paul DePodesta, Andrew Berry and Kevin Stefanski are however paid millions to decide how to spend Jimmy Haslam's billions and in less than 2 months that trade has the stench of horrid decision making.
Given how and how often the Browns run Deshaun Watson, having depth at QB is critical in a season that Jim Haslam hoped to make a deep playoff run. But Analytics says don't pay for depth and here we are.........
Go Browns!
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