The Cleveland Browns have taken over the title of the NFL's analytically advanced franchise from a division rival.
When we surveyed analytics staffers across the league a year ago, they voted the Baltimore Ravens as the most analytically advanced -- defined by a combination of the level of data-driven work produced and the degree to which that work is implemented in decision-making. But in 2021, the Browns were runaway winners, as voted by their peers in an ESPN poll.
This was the second year we've conducted a 13-question survey of the league's analytics minds to gain a better understanding of the league's quantitative landscape and how it is evolving.