With rookie minicamp beginning on Friday, the rookies were in town by Thursday night for a dinner in which Hall of Fame RB Jim Brown spoke. Thomas was also invited to attend the dinner, and couldn’t help but poke fun at what transpired between he and rookie first-round pick David Njoku:
.@David_Njoku80 I told him I'm a player/coach. Mostly I'll be coaching, but you will see me playing on sundays.
— Joe Thomas (@joethomas73) May 12, 2017
Njoku responded with tears of joy and a facepalming: