Browns make bizarre front-office move after firing Pettine, Farmer

After firing head coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer on Sunday, the Cleveland Browns made a shocking move in the front office Tuesday morning.

I have learned Paul DePodesta leaving #Mets to run the NFL Cleveland Browns as executive VP, answerable only to team owner/pres.

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) January 5, 2016

DePodesta, played by Jonah Hill in Moneyball, was part of super talented Baltimore Stallions staff out of school. Browns all in on the #s

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) January 5, 2016

As Ben Volin of the Boston Globe points out, despite a solid investment in analytics, the Browns still made the wrong draft decision two years ago.

Remember when #Browns spent $100k on a QB analytics study, concluded that Bridgewater was the best QB in 14 draft, then took Manziel anyway?

— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) January 5, 2016

After years of misery, maybe Cleveland is onto something?