Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas gave the front office the green light to make a trade at last week’s NFL trading deadline, according to a published report.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, citing the ever-popular unnamed sources, Tweeted this morning that Thomas gave general manager Ray Farmer the green light to make a deal.
More context to the Joe Thomas trade talks: Though he has strong feelings for #Browns, I’m told Thomas asked them to see what was out there.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 8, 2015
It was widely reported that the Browns and the Denver Broncos went down to the wire on a deal that would have brought Cleveland draft picks, possibly Denver’s first and second-round picks in the 2016 NFL Draft.