AP

Browns tackle Joe Thomas wasn’t shy about expressing his reservations about the latest round of remake your franchise that went on in Cleveland this offseason.

Before the Browns hired Hue Jackson as head coach or restructured their front office, Thomas said it has become “harder to swallow” the consistent losing in Cleveland and that he wan’t sure whether he wanted to spend his future in a Browns uniform. As a result, Thomas’ status became a topic at Browns vice president of football operations Sashi Brown’s press conference on Thursday.

While Brown showed little urgency to come to a decision about quarterback Johnny Manziel’s future with the organization, there was no hesitation regarding Thomas. Brown said he’s already started selling Thomas on remaining with the only NFL team he’s ever played for.

“Joe is like us — very competitive,” Brown said, via Cleveland.com. “I think his questions to us were largely focused on how are we going to win. I talked to him about what our plan was, what our strategy was, and assured him that we were going to be doing everything to pursue winning here as an organization. You’d have to ask Joe how satisfied he was with the questions, but listen, he’s going to be a big piece of what we do moving forward. [He] has a tremendous amount of insights that we will glean from.”

Brown said he’s “confident” that his message was well received and Thomas hasn’t said anything publicly to dispute that conclusion. If that should change, one of Brown’s first big moves will likely be an attempt to trade one of the few constants other than losing in recent Browns history.