CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Left tackle Joe Thomas knew immediately he wanted to stick around when the Browns hired Hue Jackson.
"I've known Hue casually just from playing against his teams through the years in the NFL and always had nice words with him after the games that we played against Cincinnati this past year," Thomas said after an appearance at the Home and Garden Show at the I-X Center Thursday night. "I talked to him after we hired him, when we were going through the coaching search. He was the No. 1 guy that I was hoping that we would hire.