Recently retired Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Joe Thomas is without a doubt a Cleveland hero, a first ballot hall of fame shoe-in and a quintessential example of what it means to be a professional NFL team player and a respectable American man.
After his farewell speech at the Browns compound in Berea on Monday, add ‘stand-up comedian’ to that list.
For most of his talk, he was his normal relaxed and personable self on stage and he appeared genuinely grateful to the entire team – from owners to players to coaches – for his wonderful and impressive Cleveland Browns career, as described in greater detail by our own Thomas Moore in his Dawg Pound Daily piece.