Joe Thomas doesnt want traded
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Browns' Thomas says he doesn't want to be traded ahead of Tuesday's deadline
Nov 1 2015, 11:11 PMArun Srinivasan
With the NFL trade deadline approaching, Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas made it clear that he doesn't intend to be moving anywhere.
The eight-time Pro Bowler was adamant that he wants to remain in Cleveland for the duration of his career, despite the team's 2-6 record.
Thomas, along with Alex Mack, Paul Kruger, and Barkevious Mingo are widely rumored to be on the trade block ahead of Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline.
"I'm not a quitter,'' Thomas said Sunday to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. "I'm not a guy that gives up on my goals and my goal from day one was to be part of the turnaround here and that hasn't changed."
Thomas is arguably the NFL's best left tackle and spent his entire career with the Browns after being selected third overall in 2007.
"The reality of it is we're right now a 2-6 team and the trade deadline is coming up,'' Thomas said. "If you're a team that doesn't have a winning record I imagine it happens all the time where teams will call up your team and find out if you're available for a trade. It's happened in the past with me in my career. But it's out of my control. I want to be here. I want to finish my career here. I want to be part of the turnaround here."
If Thomas is traded against his will to a Super Bowl contender, perhaps his tone will change. Nonetheless, it's an eminently positive sign for the Browns that the longtime franchise stalwart isn't going to be easily swayed by the allure of a contender.
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Browns' Thomas says he doesn't want to be traded ahead of Tuesday's deadline
Nov 1 2015, 11:11 PMArun Srinivasan
With the NFL trade deadline approaching, Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas made it clear that he doesn't intend to be moving anywhere.
The eight-time Pro Bowler was adamant that he wants to remain in Cleveland for the duration of his career, despite the team's 2-6 record.
Thomas, along with Alex Mack, Paul Kruger, and Barkevious Mingo are widely rumored to be on the trade block ahead of Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline.
"I'm not a quitter,'' Thomas said Sunday to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. "I'm not a guy that gives up on my goals and my goal from day one was to be part of the turnaround here and that hasn't changed."
Thomas is arguably the NFL's best left tackle and spent his entire career with the Browns after being selected third overall in 2007.
"The reality of it is we're right now a 2-6 team and the trade deadline is coming up,'' Thomas said. "If you're a team that doesn't have a winning record I imagine it happens all the time where teams will call up your team and find out if you're available for a trade. It's happened in the past with me in my career. But it's out of my control. I want to be here. I want to finish my career here. I want to be part of the turnaround here."
If Thomas is traded against his will to a Super Bowl contender, perhaps his tone will change. Nonetheless, it's an eminently positive sign for the Browns that the longtime franchise stalwart isn't going to be easily swayed by the allure of a contender.
Browns' Thomas says he doesn't want to be traded ahead of Tuesday's deadline
Nov 1 2015, 11:11 PMArun Srinivasan
With the NFL trade deadline approaching, Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas made it clear that he doesn't intend to be moving anywhere.
The eight-time Pro Bowler was adamant that he wants to remain in Cleveland for the duration of his career, despite the team's 2-6 record.
Thomas, along with Alex Mack, Paul Kruger, and Barkevious Mingo are widely rumored to be on the trade block ahead of Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline.
"I'm not a quitter,'' Thomas said Sunday to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. "I'm not a guy that gives up on my goals and my goal from day one was to be part of the turnaround here and that hasn't changed."
Thomas is arguably the NFL's best left tackle and spent his entire career with the Browns after being selected third overall in 2007.
"The reality of it is we're right now a 2-6 team and the trade deadline is coming up,'' Thomas said. "If you're a team that doesn't have a winning record I imagine it happens all the time where teams will call up your team and find out if you're available for a trade. It's happened in the past with me in my career. But it's out of my control. I want to be here. I want to finish my career here. I want to be part of the turnaround here."
If Thomas is traded against his will to a Super Bowl contender, perhaps his tone will change. Nonetheless, it's an eminently positive sign for the Browns that the longtime franchise stalwart isn't going to be easily swayed by the allure of a contender.
poor joe, he will be all grey and withered and still won't see a turnaround...the only thing he will see is a merry go round of coach after coach...
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Attaboy, Joe...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
Not surprised. He said the same thing before the season started. I would never trade away a good veteran player that doesn't want to leave..
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for him you might. i think he's the Browns most marketable player. he seems like his value would be high regardless of deadline, but being late to the table is never optimal so in that respect i definitely agree.
this kinda stuff is the last thing we need rt now. cant win games, why not trade off our cornerstones on a short week?
wtf is going on in the world rt now? anyone else in bizarro land?
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Agree, sisko... of all our pieces, Joe's the crown jewel.
Laughed when someone in another thread said we'd be lucky to get a 2nd round pick for him.
Someone would have to offer two #1's for me to take their call... and then I'd ask "what else are you going to add."
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a 2nd rounder? probably wasn't Vesna Ghoolie, he doubtfully even values him that high.
i agree he's worth 2 #1's plus an Andrew Hawkins at least.
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a 2nd rounder? probably wasn't Vesna Ghoolie, he doubtfully even values him that high.
i agree he's worth 2 #1's plus an Andrew Hawkins at least.
i agree he's worth 2 #1's plus an Andrew Hawkins at least.
2 #1's at Texans slot & Hopkins at least. And I would still find a way to bitch
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Joe Thomas is the only jersey I'd buy from anyone on the browns since 99' (except maybe Phil Dawson)
Losing him would suck for sure
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It's commendable that he feels that way but it's not his call and if he goes to a winner I think he'll change his mind
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just keep him and win.
seriously, how hard can it be?
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just keep him and win.
seriously, how hard can it be?
just keep him and win.
seriously, how hard can it be?
Apparently very very hard.
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I don't want to see him go but if he does for some reason I do hope he sees a winner. Not many guys like Joe in the league who deserve a chance at the title. For those of you saying we'd get a bunch of high picks for him, we just won't so get that out of your minds. He might be a top 3 LT still but trades in the NFL aren't like that. I'm not kidding when I say the Richardson trade might seriously have been the biggest steal of a 1st rounder of all time. Joe would likely be offered late 2nd from a contender or 3rd, no way in hell we would get a 1st round pick for him.
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Even if they get a 1st rounder for him, does anybody here feel like the chances are good that the Front Office could do anything with the pick?
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Even if they get a 1st rounder for him, does anybody here feel like the chances are good that the Front Office could do anything with the pick?
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Even if they get a 1st rounder for him, does anybody here feel like the chances are good that the Front Office could do anything with the pick?
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lol. good point.
But in that Joe Thomas says that.... the Browns are closer to getting it right that
we thing they are, based on the games we watch.
If Pettine and Flip sucked, etc etc etc....
I can't imagine Joe not having a different opinion. I just hope Joe gets a
super bowl ring.Just somebody find out what the (*%*&^% deal is with Dwayne Bowe. Somebody like him would
have made a huge difference to this offense.
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Fire sale :
Browns are having a fire sale, Barkevious Mingo also on the block
Posted by Michael David Smith on November 1, 2015, 11:16 AM EST
Oh, my God, the Browns are having a fire sale.
We already noted that the Browns’ two best offensive linemen, left tackle Joe Thomas and center Alex Mack, are both on the trade block, as is linebacker Paul Kruger. Now Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Barkevious Mingo is on the block as well, and the Browns have told teams that Mingo is available.
The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Mingo is a talented pass rusher who hasn’t always looked like a great fit for what the Browns want to do on defense. Cleveland took him with the sixth overall pick in the 2013 draft, and he has just seven career sacks — none this year.
The Browns surely won’t be able to get anything close to the Top 10 pick they spent on Mingo, but if they could get anything of value in a trade, they’d probably be willing to let Mingo go. This is a team building for the future, not trying to win in 2015.
Don't think they can trade Mack as I recall there was a clause in his Contract about that.
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