As a franchise, the Browns are broken, a jumble of puzzle pieces that haven’t fit together for the past 17 years.
Now owner Jimmy Haslam is trying a different strategy with an unheard of new structure. He hired Paul DePodesta from the New York Mets on Tuesday to serve as Chief Strategy Officer and elevated Sashi Brown from executive vice president/general counsel to executive vice president of football operations on Sunday, giving him control of the 53-man roster.
Analytics will now be at the heart of what the Browns do, making DePodesta a centerpiece of the Browns’ rebuild.