Cowboys hire 3rd data geek this offseason, but this one’s a baller

William Britt joins the Cowboys as a former athlete who has transitioned to data analytics. Here’s what he said about the role it plays. | From @KDDrummondNFL

Just when you think it’s the slow period (it is, we’re pretending) comes another exciting hire for the Dallas Cowboys’ front office. Okay, exciting may be overdoing it; casual fans aren’t going to care much, but the die hard fans — especially those who embrace analytics — continue to be rewarded for staying tuned in.

When the Cowboys hired Mike McCarthy as head coach, it seems that he was not exactly forthright with the narrative he hunkered down and converted into an analytical machine in his time between gigs. But this offseason the Cowboys have looked to rectify whatever perceived shortcomings they had in the data department. Dallas has hired not one, not two, but three data scientists in the last month or so, the latest being William Britt as first reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Jori Epstein.