Browns’ Dive into Analytics with Paul DePodesta Isn’t as Crazy as It Might Seem

January 6, 2016   ·   Kristopher Knox   ·   Jump to comments

The Cleveland Browns raised a plethora of eyebrows across the collective football world on Tuesday when they announced the hiring of longtime baseball executive Paul DePodesta as their new chief strategy officer.
If you've followed baseball over the past couple of decades, you might be familiar with DePodesta's name. He was one of the men who helped Billy Beane craft his Oakland A's in the early 2000s and usher in the era of advanced metrics in baseball. Yes, he's the guy on which Jonah Hill's character in Moneyball is based, which has prompted more than a bit of social media ribbing. 
DePodesta has spent the past several seasons as vice president of player development and amateur scouting for the New York Mets. Those Mets just made an appearance in the World Series, and by most accounts, DePodesta had a large hand in building the team that appeared there. 
Upon Cleveland's hiring of DePodesta, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson made the following st...

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