Since the Browns let four starters slip away two weeks ago at the start of free agency, there has been rampant speculation about the team trading nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas amid a total rebuild of the roster.
But Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown insisted Monday dealing Thomas is not in the cards.
"That's not our plan at all," Brown said during the NFL owners meetings in Boca Raton, Fla. "I know it's been written about a lot. But that's as simple as I can say it."
What if another team offers the Browns a first-round draft pick for Thomas?