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Past the time ! Love ya Joe , but Dang ~

I'm pretty sure Joe told Dorsey his decision already. I'm also pretty sure Dorsey said "Ok, I respect that, lets keep it quiet for a few days and let me work on FA.. this will help us for other teams not to know this info.. Do this for me and I'll make sure you get your bonus."

I really don’t think Dorsey wants a player that isn’t 100% in anyway. I don’t think anyone should. Thanks for everything Joe, hope you have a great career in TV.

Agreed. I bet he's trying to do something with his podcast. He'll get his roster bonus on the 18th and hopefully he's on the phone with Solder selling him on the city

Wouldn't that only make sense for him to do if he told Dorsey that he was retiring?

Maybe Joe is just waiting to see if we can find a replacement for him before he retires?

That's my thought

If you think about it, Joe can probably play RT if need be as well. Might have to change up that unorthodox stance of his of course. But he probably could do it

It seems that Joe Thomas is really conflicted. He is human.

What I don't get is, folks on here have said Nat Solder won't play RT. Joe won't play RT.

What's so bad about RT? Having to change up technique? An ego thing?


The money is the same. So what's the big deal

If this happens they will sign him as a LT and play him at RT as JT plays his final season ... JMHO

I think he might go earlier than the mid rounds.

If we're taking a project tackle, the random 6'8", 345# rugby player they wrote an article about on NFL.com looks kind of interesting. Pretty much knows/knew nothing about technique, but looks to be a natural knee-bender and have a solid anchor. They don't make many humans that look like that. Maybe worth a late round flier.

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I have to disagree with you about Solder. Now there's no doubt he's certainly no Joe Thomas. But he's also a class above Drango.

If you strictly look at the results of Drango playing LT last season, on paper they looked better than many expected. If you look at what the team had to do in order to achieve those results, it paints an entirely different picture all together.

Thomas plays on an island. He doesn't need any help. If you look at the film when Drango took over, you will see he had to have a lot of help.

Solder will certainly not need the help that Drango required to get similar results. I believe that there are tiers at every position. To me Thomas is in tier 1, Solder tier 2, Drango is tier three.

Glad things are going well for you tab. I'm wishing you a speedy recovery bud!

Drango was the biggest liability on the line after Thomas went down. When he didn't have help, he would get beat.

Of course, Deshone held the ball a bit longer than most QBs, and most left tackles get beat from time to time.


But there was a drastic difference between Drango and Thomas, and Drango was the one getting beat the most when he took over.

I like Drango, hope he's on the team for awhile. But I don't think he's a good option for a full season. He's more like that guy we picked up from the Jaguars a couple years ago who could play like every position on the line. It's a very valuable person to have

Drango was not that bad , IMHO...

And like in the case of Kiser, playcalling didn't help a bit.

I don't think he was that bad. We've certainly had worse. But going into the season, starting Drango 16 games at LT is certainly not optimal.

For a guard or a RT, Drango did awesome on the left side. We should hope that he never has to play on the left side again though.

The guy got slammed with Jackson's play calling and very little help ( NO MATTER WHAT SOME SAY !!! ).. He played way better than I thought he would . The answer , no , but in a pinch ???

I think Coleman gets a bad rap he isn't a bad OT ... JMHO

I don't think so. Coleman has to master the RT position before he moves to LT. He was too inconsistent last year. I have high hopes for him and I think we'll see him improve, but I think we're better keeping him where he was so he can master RT before he goes to LT

Coleman at Left Tackle , really ?? What do you see in his play that would lead to a conclusion like that ?

Yeah, his feet and balance don't exactly scream LT to me. He has the nastiness and strength to play RT, but is a better run blocker than pass blocker, and I would hate to throw him in at LT, and get Taylor killed.

As of yet I haven't seen anything in him that makes him a legit. RT, much less a LT.

Neither did holding the ball and rolling into rushers. Kizer was no friend of his line way too often. And some of them made it worse as well. Taylor should make anyone not named JT better.

See, we're seeing different things. In the beginning of the season Coleman showed himself sometimes to be a liability and got hit with penalties.

But when I saw Drango come out there, I noticed less of Coleman (always a good thing) and I noticed a lot more of Drango.



Like, I've said, I like Drango. And it's not the end of the world if he is our LT. But, while he performed surprisingly well, I think he was the weak link when he was in the game. He'd just get beat regularly

One of the shows I heard in my internet roaming today said that the decision may not be Joe's. It makes a certain amount of sense, as well. If we bring in Solder, he's the LT. Period. We aren't going to put that much money into the OL. We already have a lot tied up in Zeitler and Bitonio. Adding Solder would almost certainly eliminate Thomas from the equation.

It would only be one year, Joe's contract ends this year. Not sure why it would be a big deal if we had the cash to make it happen

Solder's not coming here to be the RT, even for one year.

Joe's not moving to the right side either.

I think that Joe's done here, we just don't know it yet.

Are you saying that Dorsey is pushing Joe out ??

Might be. How do you fit both Solder and Thomas on the same team, especially when Solder probably wants some guarantee that he will be the LT, period, no matter what Thomas decides? Do you push Thomas to the bench at $13 million? Do you move him to RT, where he has never played, at $13 million?

Whether it's Joe's decision, or not, I think that he's done if we sign Solder.

And how exactly was Play Calling not helping a guy who should be a GUARD, plat LT?

Unbelievable you are. FITZ and now. WOW.

I don't like how this is unfolding... I want no negativity or any type of drama surrounding Joe Thomas. If he leaves, I want it to be on a GOOD note. I'm hoping people are right, and the Browns have been informed - just "we" haven't yet.

They gotta rip those plays where guards play LT out of the playbook.