After 11 amazing seasons with the Cleveland Browns, left tackle Joe Thomas has officially announced his retirement. The Browns selected Thomas third overall in 2007 NFL Draft and he has been a bright spot in Cleveland ever since.
Up until his injury last season, the future Hall of Famer had played in every single snap in 167 games. News of Thomas’ retirement has lit up the Twitter world. We wish Thomas the best in wherever life leads him next.
https://twitter.com/_McLov1n/status/973985695760035851
Damn. You deserved a winner @joethomas73 . Appreciate everything you did for the Browns and Cleveland. https://t.co/wW5XwmnqjU
— GJS (@TheGSteigerwald) March 14, 2018
@joethomas73 is the only @browns Jersey I owned that I didn't waste my money On! #ClevelandToCanton
— Thomas Baker (@tommylee713) March 14, 2018
How is Joe Thomas gonna retire on the Browns now that they have a decent QB to protect??? I’d be hot.
— RJ DiBiase (@Cloud_kicker409) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/_Dpittz/status/973983378155372547
@joethomas73 Congrats on a phenomenal career! 🐐LT of all time! Next stop: Canton
— Luke Stevenson (@LuHouser) March 14, 2018
HATE to see @joethomas73 retire with all the pieces coming to Cleveland this year, but what a hell of a career. So much respect for him as a person and athlete.
— Seanzy ™ (@TheSeanMEvans) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/AnthonyThrives/status/973983372681850884
@joethomas73 they should retire your number right now, great career, cant wait to see you on tv, and getting your gold jacket. Congrats again and thank you.
— justice (@Jjustusjr10) March 14, 2018
Joe Thomas is one of the greatest players of this era both on and off the field, when I played pee wee football he made it feel cool to play on the offensive line, sad to see him go but can't wait to see what his next career move is pic.twitter.com/rhKHQhBbQY
— M Bechtoldt (@CavsMax13) March 14, 2018
My favorite stat courtesy @AdamSchefter — Joe Thomas protected 20 (!) different quarterbacks during his time in Cleveland 💪 https://t.co/mjkbWqrU5s
— Michele Steele (@MicheleSteele) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/DaDuderino/status/973983800505008129
https://twitter.com/JimBackwoods/status/973983510934548480
— Bryan Shaw (@WxShaw) March 14, 2018
Biggest surprise this offseason so far has to be Joe Thomas retiring
— Jah Kno (@Je_buddha) March 14, 2018
Bigger waste of their talent over the length of their career:
Joe Thomas or Barry Sanders? https://t.co/DmP6M5dQuQ
— Mike Sep (@Septacular23) March 14, 2018
I'd like to hear Joe Thomas in the MNF or TNF booth a helluva lot more than Peyton Manning
— T•Archer🎲 (@TJArcherMN) March 14, 2018
Damn Joe Thomas will retire a Brown great career bad team #Respect #73
— Tom Henessee (@THenessee6) March 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/EdMoney16/status/973984762980380683
.@joethomas73 is calling it a career.
See you in Canton, Joe.
📰 » https://t.co/BoYpcxVcIg#ThankYou73 pic.twitter.com/gzEa8Z6tPK
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) March 14, 2018