Saturday night, ESPN’s Field Yates broke the news that the Cleveland Browns agreed to give LT Joe Thomas a pay raise, broken down in the following manner:
- A $1.5 million raise in his base salary for 2018, taking that figure to $10.3 million.
Why make the move after the veteran suffered a season-ending triceps injury, forcing him to miss the first snaps of his career? According to Scott Petrak of the Chronicle-Telegram, the two sides had agreed on something like this prior to the injury, so they still wanted to honor their original commitment.