Joe Thomas: I’m already experiencing memory loss 

Playing for the Cleveland Browns for 10 years would give anyone brain 🧠 damage.

"maybe its my old age..." 32 IS NOT OLD AT ALL WTF

I think walking away in his prime and losing the extra weight probably did him a lot of good in the long run... look at Jim Brown vs Muhammad Ali, One of them walked away at 30 and is still around at almost 90. The other hung on until he was 40 and was gone before 80

Joe Thomas seems like one of the most honest and down to earth professional athletes. This guy is telling it like it is and I think its admirable.

Did he forget the 0-16 season

Great interview as always Graham!

Joe seems like a really cool guy.Love your interviews Graham.You dont seem to have a agenda to push. Old school reporter.What when where and how.

he says 32 like thats old! Lol

Joe is a great person.

Sad. He's a funny guy tho. When he was explaining his wife gonna have to deal with him, I can't stop laughing hahah

His point is well taken. He's saying they know the likely costs, especially now. But the more clearly it is known, the more football will shrink.

Joe, 32 is f***ing YOUNG... memory loss hardly inflicts anyone until the mid-late 50s.

There are some serious rationalizations at work here!

At least he’s got a sense of humor about the reality of the situation and the path he chose no regrets

What a class act

Man, knowing Joe (or feeling like I know his as a Browns fan), I feel like his joking shows how he is really worried about CTE.

I quit football after 9th grade. I loved playing but there were too many guys on my team that got hurt. I'm a really big guy and had a slim chance at the NFL. But even if it was guaranteed that I can go to the NFL and play at least four or five years and make 10 or 15 million dollars I'm glad I quit. I don't want to be messed up for the rest of my life just for some quick cash.

I forget what I meant to get from the shop all the time. I'm 32 and spent my working life sat behind a desk. Joe Thomas is fine for now.

I'm 38 and have the same memory issues and played no sports. But that's normal. But not not at 32. I think football definitely accelerated that

Great player but go look up Mike Webster....Best center to ever play the game.....18 year's pro plus college, high school, junior ball......look at the last 10 year's of his life......That's a guy who gave his life to play in the NFL and he died when he was only 50!!!

He said his memory is not like it used to be. He sounds like me but I have Attention Deficit Disorder, Anxiety, and Dyslexia (which is mainly my memory) but mine was diagnosed at 8. Him dealing with this now is scary considering he shouldn’t be having my forgetfulness now and not earlier in his life. Like where you’re doing something and then go “tf am I doing again?” Or where, this has been happening and it’s been so annoying, I get to my car to go to school and realize I forgot my backpack AGAIN in the house. Living all my life this way has made it so I’m like “yep I’m used to this.” But if it came out of no where then something is wrong

Joe, I've had that kind of memory loss for 50 years! And, I never played in the NFL.

Man. This is sad to hear. For sure thats CTE.

If you're Joe Thomas, the BEST Offensive Left Tackle (which is pretty much the second most important position in today's game) and you dominate for over a decade on practically the worst team in the league most years during this time span, I'd say he's earned a few days off.

memory loss at 32? it can only accelerate man. very sad

Playing for the Browns for that long? THAT would cause memory loss in anybody. That team is so embarrassing I wouldn't even want to remember playing there lmao. Thanks for the interview Graham. Hope Thomas comes out of this all well.

Anyone who can't wrap their mind around the amount of punishment NFL lineman endure, hardly having a brain to begin with.

theres only a trade-off for physical jobs and severe-stress

Joe Thomas the NFL's best gentleman

Well obviously he has memory loss. Who the hell would wanna remember that you play for the Browns, you live in Cleveland, your team is the laughing stock of the NFL, and that you'll never win more than 4 games at the absolute most.

People forget brain damage happens in many many different forms as well

So stop playing now before more damage occurs!

He admits the risk and plus before dr omalu before 2009 nobody paid attention to repeated blows to the head and not just concussions now there are rules and things changing but it will take time to have great affects

"I went to the grocery store and forgot what I needed to get" jesus that is terrifying

I go to the grocery store and forget what I need. This dude isn't alone!

He should consult Dr. Amen and his neurological clinic. He's famous and works with many ex-football players

Damn he's 32 ?

These NFL guys are nuts... I played 100 years and barely past the high school level and i definitely have brain issues already. I can't imagine playing a decade or two more against thr biggest, fastest, strongest and hardest hitting guys in the world.

Comparing playing football to an every day job is ridiculous. As an RN, carpenter, stone mason,painter you won't ever risk injury like CTE. Football is a luxury job that a very small percentage ever play all the way through to the professional level for an extended period of time.

It sucks that's he's so good and plays for such a shitty team. He'll never get a ring

I fucking love that the professions he names are all shit you could have been doing a thousand years ago, he doesn't even think about a desk job hahaha

Generational wealth vs potential brain damage is a tough choice for anyone. Not guaranteed but the posthumous statistics are horrifying for these guys.

Memory loss for 100 mil?

It is old when you get hit in head allday

Its crazy to think football players get more head injuries on average than fighters...

I forget shit allllllllllllllll the time and so do other people who havent played football. I think Joe is kinda overblowing the memory thing.

so i met this guy and fuck i didnt even know he was in the NFL?or ever played

36 and my memory is as good as it ever was. 32 with memory loss. That odd.

He’s only 32 wtf

I thought he was older - must be due to all the repair work his body had to do

I'm 21 and my short term memory sucks too. A bit quick to claim it's cte.

Sure, laugh it off.........

32 is too young to have memory loss. It's CTE or he is just exaggerating.

as of right now you are 33 that is a young age so dont talk as if is old age

How can he remember he is having memory loss?

Yeah thats not normal memory loss bud that should happen until you late 50s at the earliest

I think your take is too literal. In my opinion, he's trying to say...let's not sue the league for our head injuries when we knew what we were getting into and that it was part of the potential risk. Players are not blind to the risks like they were when the sport began. They are aware and like boxers they choose to assume the risk, while observing safety protocols in order to play the game and be well compensated just like best fighters. Industrial painters, miners....he's making the point that people assume risk to make a living and pay bills. Instead of simply waiting for medical advancements, I hope he researches homeopathic but very effective therapies such as: Nat Sulph, Nat Mur, Kangen Water & high doses of Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Krill Oil).

People that have never played football have memory loss.

Dude, you play for the worst franchise in professional sports and you've made a boatload of money. Why put yourself at more risk? Retire.

Sounds like he’s in denial

In serious denial.

Countdown until this guy forgets his name. 10. 9. 8. 7.. 6.. 5... 4..... 3........

nobody forced you to play in the nfl

Lol, "being good natured about it."

His mockery of memory loss/dementia is so callous and classless. He sounds like a teenager.

They're paid millions. If they made average sure be up in arms. Dumb topic for people to be upset about

Pretty sure there aren't significant lasting effects from being a teacher, or a musician, or so many other professions😂 What is this guy talking about?

Football is fucking dangerous

Um um

lol this fool grahams hair is ridiculous

Needs transcendental meditation and lots of brain exercise

I have memory loss and I don't even play football, it's called aging

It's funny I think he was experiencing some memory loss and loss of intelligence during the interview.

The more I hear the guy speak the happier I am he was stuck on a perennial loser..

This guy even looks like a linebacker lol

This host is pretty weird tbh

I don't like him

"I went to the grocery store and forgot what I needed to get" jesus that is terrifying