Joe Thomas

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He also joins us on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago.

The Hall of Famer, the 10-year offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns, six-time first-team All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowl, part of the All-Decade team.

The accolades go on and on.

Joe Thomas, thank you for joining us today.

Well, thank you.

And I think you're a perfect person to talk to when it came to just this sudden announcement of the retirement of Drew Dahlman.

I said this just a couple of minutes ago to my co-host, Mark Joe, that for all the understanding of football we do, for all the research, I think until you've ever played NFL football as a lineman, we can't fully grasp, even with description, how hard it is on your body day in and day out.

How would you do that for us if you could?

And Joe, I think you were probably the last generation of kids who grew up playing football without the concussion settlement that had happened with the NFL.

I think that had come out probably when you were actually in your NFL career at that point.

And I do think there was a wave of parents who said they were going to do things differently when it came to having their kids play like Pop Warner, for example, or playing high school football a little bit differently.

I can understand why that would be top of mind for any NFL player, just the danger of what this game can do to your brain day in and day out, knowing that earlier in their career and having that understanding for so long.

What do you think?

That's so true.

We are talking to the Hall of Famer Joe Thomas here on Rahimi Harrison Grody, the all pro, many time all pro, all decade Browns offensive tackle for many years.

And he joins us on Twitch, twitch.tv slash the score Chicago from your shop where I see you have like a million point antlers behind you, by the way.

That's some nice work out of you.

So that's a treat for everybody watching on Twitch.

And I also want to ask you this, Joe, having done this for as long as you have, having been an analyst to the game the way you are.