It is almost impossible to be the man that follows the man, and Joe Thomas was definitely the man. Thomas was almost taken for granted being as dependable as he was. Season by season, game by game, and snap by snap for a decade, there was never any question who was going to line up at left tackle for the Cleveland Browns. And then…he retired.
We have been shuffling the deck so long at quarterback that we don’t even want to begin to fathom having to do the same at left tackle. How do you attempt to replace Joe Thomas?