Adam Beard moved halfway across the globe and promptly tuned out the noise. Newly hired as the Browns director of high performance, Beard was tasked last season with observing and analyzing a sport rooted in tradition to find “low-hanging fruit,” areas that could use a fresh perspective from someone with as diverse of a background as Beard’s.
The Australian-born Beard, who picked up a wealth of experience overseas working with many Olympic, world champion and professional sporting organizations, focused exclusively on what he saw between the lines and behind the scenes in the weight room while tuning out everything else that makes the NFL a billion-dollar machine.