Is there a “rift” between Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson and the analytics people? Depends on who one wants to believe.
Jackson told reporters on Tuesday that the team’s sports science staff asked him to re-evaluate the padded practice schedule. Jackson refused, citing a “very candid” conversation, as Mary Cay Cabot of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports:
“Honestly, they got kind of mad at me. I’ll be very honest with you. We had a very candid conversation where they said, ‘Hue, you might want to double-check your padded days schedule.