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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Joe Thomas felt the tendon detach from his elbow and roll up in his arm, and before the pain registered, the Browns’ seemingly indestructible tackle realized everything had changed.
His day was over. His season done. His career in doubt.
Cleveland’s iron man was finally flattened.
Thomas suffered a torn left triceps during Sunday’s loss to Tennessee and will miss the remainder of his 11th NFL season, a devastating blow to the perennial Pro Bowler and winless Browns.
The 32-year-old Thomas, who had never missed a snap since turning pro in 2007, will undergo surgery Tuesday and could need nine months to recover from a serious injury that has left him pondering his future beyond this season. Thomas is still processing what happened and said he’ll wait until the offseason before deciding whether to keep playing or retire.
“Am I done playing? I don’t know,” he said on a conference call. “Right now, it’s too early to make any decisions. Obviously, you go through a range of emotions after an injury like that, and I think it’s the most fair to…
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