BEREA, Ohio - Sashi Brown has already reached out to left tackle Joe Thomas in an effort to convince Thomas staying with the Cleveland Browns is a good idea.
Brown, the team's new director of football operations, said Thursday that he talked with Thomas two or three days after the season finale - or two or three days after Thomas for the first time said he wasn't sure he wanted to be back with the team in light of its fifth coaching change since he was the third overall pick in the 2007 draft.