CLEVELAND, Ohio — Paul DePodesta, chief strategy officer of the Browns, promised owner Jimmy Haslam that giving analytics a fair shake might make for a bit of a roller coaster ride.
Riding a roller coaster implies a lot of ups and downs and all around. For DePodesta, who is a baseball guy in a football world, just getting the positive momentum needed to climb that first steep learning curve will be no easy task. Especially with an owner like Haslam, who so far has shown zero tolerance for systems that don't win immediately.
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