When the Cleveland Browns relieved Sashi Brown of his duties as the Executive Vice President of football operations, the expectation was that the Browns would be done relying on the analytics approach.
The hiring of John Dorsey as general manager reaffirmed that, as Dorsey was known for being a classic “football guy” who has football roots as a scout.
Dorsey surrounded himself with other “football guys” in Eliot Wolf, son of legendary NFL executive Ron Wolf, and Alonzo Highsmith, a former NFL fullback.
However, today’s featured article points out that one of the holdovers from the Brown era continues to have influence in the front office, and that influence could be growing.