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9er8er
DePodesta is, of course, a baseball guy who is new to football. He's an analytics guy who is trying to bring the Sabermetric approach to roster building and personnel decisions to the NFL.
That fundamentally means looking to add value by exploiting perceived market inefficiencies. The trade the Browns made with the Eagles completely fit that philosophy and they, of course, traded down yet again in the first round to accumulate even more "value" in the way of prospects (draft picks).
So, it's hard to say what the Browns would have done had the Rams not moved in front of them, but I suspect their moving down to accumulate more assets in the way of draft picks was more about DePodesta's philosophy than the Rams jumping them for Goff. Hue Jackson may have loved Goff, but DePodesta loves diversifying the portfolio, so to speak, rather than putting all the eggs in one basket.
The Browns (unheard of) kept all 14 of their draft picks on the 53 man roster!
Whereas the Vikings cut 3 of their picks.
R.I.P. Nelson aka TonyHunter87 1971 - 2017 far too soon..
Your last words to me: "Your a great guy RFIP. I was very sad when you left the board, and your son, but was glad to see you back. Take care my friend, may God be by your side." 09/09/2017 12:58AM
No Nelson, you were a far better man than I, and I am sure an awesome husband and father as well. I will miss you my friend. -RFIP
