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Andrew Berry demystifies the boogeyman effect around analytics

What exactly are the Browns using analytics for?

Yesterday was a busy day in Berea, as plenty of defensive coordinator news came down the pipeline. However, general manager Andrew Berry and Kevin Stefanski also had a press conference to close the season. The word analytics has been taboo when it comes to the Cleveland Browns and their 2022 season. It is often used as the reason for the struggles and fans have wondered why they use analytics at the level they are. At the end of the season, presser general manager Andrew Berry spoke on the topic of analytics.

Berry spoke about how analytics is just a tool comprised of data and facts used to make decisions. He also spoke about how having more information to make better decisions will never be a bad thing. However, he also touched on if the data isn’t used or applied properly the results won’t be what you want.

Here are some more thoughts that Berry gave surrounding the term analytics.

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Rookie Martin Emerson Jr. listed as a lockdown cornerback

The rook gets a shoutout!

The Cleveland Browns found a gem in the third round when they selected cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. out of Mississippi State. As a starter when the Browns go into nickel sets across from Denzel Ward, Emerson has been a force, including a standout performance against Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

And it shows up in deeper metrics as well. Pranav Rajaram of 4for4 Fantasy Football pulled data to highlight both forced incompletions and receiving yards allowed, and Emerson Jr. grades out quite well in both categories. This locks Emerson into the same quadrant as the likes of Sauce Gardner of the New York Jets, A.J. Terrell of the Atlanta Falcons, and James Bradberry of the Philadelphia Eagles.

It would be a tough ask to want more out of Emerson Jr. than what he has given the Browns as a rookie. Greg Newsome II was also listed in the “solid” section as well.

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