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than willing to openly politick for a spot in the booth https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Duke-Johnson-Jersey , one recently-retired player has made it clear that he’s not interested.Actually, former Browns left tackle Joe Thomas isn’t interested in any work as a game analyst.“I’m not sure I really want to step into the booth,” Thomas told Jason Wilde of the , “especially after watching what Jason Witten had to endure this season.”Thomas auditioned both for and last year. Although he was offered neither job, he drew positive reviews in the interview process.“Maybe down the line I think I would like to call a game, but right now, I recognize where my talents are and how much work and growth I would have to have in order to be able to step into that booth,” Thomas said.He realizes that accepting a job like Monday Night Football carries with it a significant time commitment, along with the burden that comes from the criticism invited by a high-profile position.“When you do that Monday night gig, you get into town on Friday Greg Joseph Jersey , you’re there until Tuesday, you’re home for basically Wednesday and Thursday, but those days you’re starting to prep and you’re watching film for the next week, so really, I can imagine he got burned out really quickly — especially when you’re so widely panned and criticized the way he was,” Thomas said.“I think it would have been different for him with that time commitment had he stepped into that booth and been received the way Tony Romo has, where everyone loves him. He could easily have felt and justified that the work was worth it. But in his case, getting that criticism every single week, I’m sure he was thinking, ‘Man Jabrill Peppers Color Rush Jersey , it was a lot easier playing football for the Dallas Cowboys. I can go out and be the hero every Sunday, and it was a lot easier.'”Thomas has a point. While the move straight to a big broadcasting gig worked for Romo, for someone like Witten it would have made more sense to make a more gradual transition to broadcasting, as Thomas is doing. The more he does in capacities other than calling games, the more natural — and less jarring — it will be for the audience when he transition to the broadcast booth.Thomas seems to have the ability to pull it off. He’s smart, he’s funny, and he’s very knowledgeable about the intricacies of the game. Sooner or later, we’ll be hearing him on Sundays to Thursdays to maybe even Mondays. CLEVELAND (AP) — Carl Nassib has been offering financial advice to his teammates. On Sunday, he got caught in the Browns’ numbers crunch.Nassib and fellow veteran defensive lineman Jamie Meder were the two most notable players waived by Cleveland, which has overhauled its roster under general manager John Dorsey following a historic 0-16 season.A 2016 third-round pick E.J. Gaines Color Rush Jersey , Nassib had a memorable appearance on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this summer when he gave investment tips during a meeting to teammates while using some colorful language. He started 12 games and recorded three sacks for Cleveland last season, but the Browns are rebuilding and Nassib isn’t part of the transformation.Meder, too, is looking for a new team. A Cleveland-area native, Meder had been with the Browns since being signed to the practice squad. He started 16 of 43 games and made his biggest impact by blocking a field goal in the waning moment of a Christmas Eve game in 2016 against San Diego that secured the Browns’ only win in the past two seasons under coach Hue Jackson.The team also waived offensive lineman Austin Reiter, linebacker Jermaine Grace and defensive back Jeremiah McKinnon.As expected, Dorsey was active on the waiver wire, claiming five players: defensive linemen Carl Davis (Baltimore) and Ifeadi Odenigbo (Minnesota), offensive lineman Aaron Neary (Los Angeles Rams) , defensive back Tavierre Thomas (Arizona) and linebacker Tanner Vallejo (Buffalo).The bottom of Cleveland’s roster could be in flux all season under Dorsey https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Damarious-Randall-Jersey , who since being hired in December has been among the league’s busiest executive in free agency, draft preparation and other signings.“We have actually turned the roster over 59 percent from last year’s roster. That does not happen unless you have a plan,” Dorsey said. “That plan was developed in mid-January with the input of the coaches and the personnel staff putting this thing together. Once we identified what we needed, we used whatever resources that were available.“Of course, when you are sitting in the No. 1 waiver claim position, you always go attack the final two or three claims and see what is out there. We thought that it would be best if we picked up five players who we think could help this team. At the end of the day, I think that we are a better football team on both sides of the line of scrimmage.”The Browns will announce their practice squad on Monday.