CINCINNATI: Eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas insisted he isn’t bitter about the Browns coming close to shipping him to the Denver Broncos on Tuesday before the NFL’s trade deadline passed.
“Not really,” Thomas said Thursday after the Browns fell 31-10 to the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. “I’m a realist. I understand the business side of things. We’re all commodities. There’s a price on every one of us. If somebody offered 10 first-round picks for [New England Patriots quarterback] Tom Brady, they’d probably get rid of Tom Brady, and he’s probably the best player that ever played.