After spending much of the offseason throwing out reasons for free agent Kirk Cousins to come to the Cleveland Browns, the star left tackle seems to have given up on the idea. On the radio show he hosts wit former Browns wide out Andrew Hawkins, Thomas said he doesn’t see Cleveland forking out the money it would take to lure him to town.
That’s a reasonable assumption because quarterback contracts have gone berserk lately. First the San Francisco 49ers gave Jimmy Garoppolo $137.5 million over five seasons despite him having just seven career starts.
Alex Smith has more experience than Garoppolo, but was considered a mere game manager and his team felt the need to move up from the No.