Joe Thomas has been on many bad Cleveland Browns teams over the years and is warning against the concept of tanking for a franchise quarterback coming from the draft.

"It's always fun for fans and the media to have that narrative because it gives you guys something to talk about," Thomas told Manish Mehta of the Daily News. "And for fans, I'm sure they enjoy the optimism of looking toward the future if they don't think that the present is bright.

"But it seems like every year the player that you want to suck for ends up dropping and not being the top pick... or what you expected."