Four-for-four Pro Bowler Joe Thomas signed a seven-year contract extension with the Browns for $84 million, $44 million guaranteed, and nobody isn’t happy about that. But when such a newsworthy event happens, there will always be folks who can’t help themselves from projecting with it, and unfortunately for Browns fans, those folks happen to work for Cleveland’s flagship newspaper. So you probably already know that we have lock first-ballot Hall of Fame head coach Pat Shurmur and Pat Shurmur alone to thank for the left tackle’s new deal.
Of course, every NFL franchise has money to print for four-for-four Pro Bowl left tackles. But only one has the Shurminator.
Here’s Tony Grossi leading off a piece titled “Pat Shurmur’s aggressive offense is bringing welcome excitement to Cleveland Browns:
If you knew Joe Thomas, you’d realize that money alone wasn’t the reason he agreed to bypass free agency and sign a new contract with ...
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