A writer on Bleacher Report I won't inflict a link on you over thinks the "analytics crowd" is back in charge in Berea, and will repeat what they did when Sashi Brown took over (ie tear down and rebuild).
This is hyper-shallow and ignorant.
When Sashi Brown (by the way as if he was the guy making the picks--what a joke that is) took over, the Browns didn't have their Quarterback, Tretter, Njoku, Chubb, Landry, Garrett, Ogunjobi, Ward, Wilson/Takitaki/Hunt/Redwine/Richardson etc, all of whome will remain on the roster, and many of which were acquired by the Brown Front Office.
...and several of those who were not were signed with money or drafted with extra draft picks that John Dorsey inherited.
This clown cites the new Browns regime's unwillingness to pay a Middle Linebacker 12 mil, and the release of Kirko as evidence of another "tear-down", and warns us that they might even release Olivier Vernon simply because he is injured all the time and paid 15.5 mil/year. (I don't know if he got to OBJ...couldn't read the whole thing. It might have made me dumber.)
Well...I guess he can just rest his case right there, right?
"Moneyball" (snicker-snort).
I'm trying hard to say this in a different way to mitigate the redundancy, but can't help some of it:
The Brown regime indeed tore the roster down to the foundation and started over. While no Coach or player ever deliberately "tanks", the losing season(s) was/were predictable, along with the higher draft picks.
They piled up cash by releasing and trading older veterans, and more draft picks by trading down (and they did the Osweiler trade; basicly buying a 2nd round pick for 16 mil...too bad nobody wanted Osweiler, or they would have got another high pick for him).
This was the rebuilding PHASE, ok?
Paul DePodesta wanted to hire current Bills HC Shaun McDermott, but was overridden, and we got Hue Jackson.
0-16 in his first year was really sad, but he deserved a break with the new systems and all his inexperienced players.
But 1-15 in year 2...with one of the best Offensive Lines in the NFL (with Bitonio/Tretter/Zeitler inside), Duke Johnson, Schobert, Garrett...
(I could go off on a tangent here, as I was at this time personally seeing how Hue refused to adapt his offense to his personnel---but anyway it wasn't due to talent that that team lost all but one game.)
But that's ok! The 2018 Browns were entering phase TWO. They were ready to draft their franchise Quarterback. They had a great Offensive Line and a decent defense under Gregg Williams, and a bunch of talented players entering their 2nd and 3rd seasons...
And Jimmy Haslam retained Hue Jackson (think DePodesta voted yes on that one?), fired Sashi Brown instead, and replaced him with John Dorsey.
I couldn't understand the Jackson non-firing, but got the Brown thing: Bullcrap aside, Dorsey was the guy who turned the KC Chiefs into a contender, and players he drafted are still kicking major ass.
Dorsey did a great job in 2018:
He traded DeShone Kizer for Damarius Randall (brilliant), chose Mayfield 1st overall (let's postpone this debate for a couple years, but in my opinion, this was the right pick. Berry agreed, and I guarantee you so did DePodesta).
We can debate more about Denzel Ward at 4th overall (instead of Chubb), but signing Terrence Mitchell and---well Dorsey rebuilt the secondary (except for Jabrill Peppers) in one offseason cheap!!!
Everything John Dorsey did right in 2018 was "analytical", except paying Hubbard elite Right Tackle money.
At this point, after 2018, John Dorsey was mostly in-line with the DePodesta plan (trust me on this one).
Then Berry left for the Eagles. Freddie Kitchens was named Head Coach, interim Head Coach Gregg Williams was replaced (this time DePodesta wanted Stefanski but was overridden again), and what happened happened.
This is where John Dorsey went off the analytics rails and set the Browns back.
I won't even recite the whole thing, but in summary Zeitler, Peppers, 17th overall, and (I think) a 3rd round pick for OBJ and Vernon and their 30+mil salaries and injury histories...
Jeez they let anybody write these days! How can you blame "moneyball" for all this crap!?!
It's ok though: DePodesta can salvage the 31 mil or so and probably a 1st round pick out of this mess, and Mayfield enters year 3, etc.
He's got his Head Coach and GM, and they've got their assistants, and everybody is on the same page.
Another tear-down and 2-3 year rebuild!?! Who tf hires these clowns (instead of me)?
You guys get this, right? This clown portrays DePodesta as a power-hungry schemer who...
Well this article was senseless: This idiot assumes that DePodesta will tear the roster down again, despite all the young talent he has helped acquire...
Well carnovirus is "Trump's Chernobyl" so why tf not?
Kill me.
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