Joe Thomas: I’m already experiencing memory loss

Joe Thomas says he is already experiencing short-term memory loss and expects more memory loss in the future. Thomas shares his concern for the more life-threatening diseases linked to former NFL players, but says that most of the damage has already been done.
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[@mjwpowerstroke]

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

[@zelly7643]

Watching them have me brain damage... I could only imagine playing for them.

[@visualizeme-tz3ng]

Savage lol

[@kh7955]

Exactly. Even the punter and kicker have brain damage in Cleveland

[@kh7955]

@Brian Carter damn dude I bet life must suck always being so serious and miserable

[@Shinobi33]

😅

[@willcrawford7896]

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

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

It is when you get hit by a car a couple hundred times a year lol

[@mrcriticus9762]

Will Crawford when you play football and after you leave it you feel your body at a significant difference even a year makes you feel Real old

[@modern.performer]

For a pro athlete it is pretty old. Don't forget what their bodies go thru. Extremes. Casual sport on a daily basis may actually do you good and prolonge your life but be a pro-athlete all day? It shortens your life span big time

[@jamesl.a.n6394]

I think his point is that at 32 you shouldn't be experiencing noticeable memory loss.

[@ReginaldForman]

For wrestlers, football players and hockey players it is.

[@ktoth29]

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

[@kh7955]

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.

[@ryanhughes9291]

Great interview as always Graham!

[@cameronsantiago3155]

Did he forget the 0-16 season

[@onesonofjacob]

hopefully

[@angelherrera5240]

Cameron Santiago everyone tried to forget that

[@jokerofmorocco]

I would if I were him

[@andrewsmith3257]

I forgot about that! 🤣

[@iiivan9]

he says 32 like thats old! Lol

[@noeldimaggiojr101]

Ivan V for football, 32 is old

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

im 39 and i feel old AF

[@vanillaa679]

im 32 and i can still hit the ceiling when i cum

[@tommywright9114]

Vanilla A 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cashondeliver]

He’s 300+ pounds his back and knees are 65

[@MrJking065]

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.

[@wmarcoux9]

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

[@diamondhead5432101]

Marriage doesn't last nowadays. More than likely it'll be a money grab and she'll walk away and move on to a younger guy. Sad, but common.

[@DetroitJim97]

Joe is a great person.

[@scottcharney1091]

There are some serious rationalizations at work here!

[@Lifeofbass]

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

[@ShawnFX]

Johnny The Fish but you have take him playing football into consideration and taking hits to the head

[@Lifeofbass]

Well obviously... but he refers to himself as being old of age at 32, as if that had anything to do with his brain traumas.

[@travvypoo]

Memory loss can start to happen in your 20's.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

Aaron Hernandez was 25 and had advanced stage brain damage... Football can make a young man's brain look elderly.

[@JohnJohnson-mp5kj]

Aleksander V I’m 21 and have a terrible short term memory just from not being focused, lots of people any age have short term memory loss just naturally, long term memory loss is where it gets scary

[@JAYDUB1279]

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.

[@adrianrobles6898]

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

[@lampini]

What a class act

[@independentRestorationServices]

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.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

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.

[@lukesmith8813]

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.

[@airsickspace9272]

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

[@joshuamack342]

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!!!

[@Shinobi33]

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

[@tishbite606]

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

[@jackiedane3408]

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

[@ayv-]

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

[@CB-ns6sy]

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

[@injusticeanywherethreatens4810]

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.

[@drewerving7428]

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

[@humzahhassan4521]

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

[@roguemaster007]

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.

[@lyf3warrior194]

I’m surprised the browns expected him to be at practice

[@twondagreat8893]

@@lyf3warrior194 😭😭😂he only needs 2 days practice he's was so dominate

[@ishvara8298]

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.

[@uu9rj]

They'll be good soon enough, enough draft picks will do that

[@NUSAOfficialYT]

anthony matagi Don't we at least credit him for being a good 1st rounder and his loyalty to Cleveland?

[@raiderraider84]

LMFAOOO

[@isaiah29797]

They should win 5-6 this year

[@ShawnFX]

anthony matagi dead😂😂💀💀💀💀

[@robertchartrand5834]

Joe Thomas the NFL's best gentleman

[@Alskigg]

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

[@travvypoo]

So stop playing now before more damage occurs!

[@robertbishop5357]

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.

[@SophieEllen-ip5un]

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

[@panagenesis2695]

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

[@DC-hd5bo]

Damn he's 32 ?

[@andrewr7982]

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

[@jasonharrison3165]

It is old when you get hit in head allday

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

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.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

10 years* lol

[@brianwalsh1401]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 I think 100 years playing football would be detrimental to your health. Just my opinion.

[@dylanberry8679]

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

[@mrsir1872]

$

[@killawaplayer]

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

[@MegaSteven011]

He’s only 32 wtf

[@shanebryant6478]

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

[@grapedrank666]

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

[@WolvesFansince]

grapedrank666 and they say playing rugby is more psychical

[@floorgeneral309]

They play 16X/ yr minimum. Not 4-5

[@HopefulNihilist]

@@floorgeneral309 The average NFL career lasts less than 5 years...

[@erwerwewerwer4575]

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

[@Getouttatownn]

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

[@XxSeanGxX]

ocho10cinco I think he's downplaying it actually. Knowing how people feel about this topic. He throws out something like that, all of a sudden you're thinking "oh thats not bad at all." Sounds like a good tactic to me.

[@TheBatugan77]

He's 32 or so. He did it. He should know.

[@Easypeck]

Memory loss for 100 mil?

[@shawnfreeman3932]

It's a capitalist society

[@andrewsmith3257]

He won't remember enjoying the $$

[@jack_daddy_mack]

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

[@dxburner222]

The Jack 0 not odd when you play professional football for 10 years and play against some of the best athletes in the world who are 270+ pounds running at you 100 mph

[@dxburner222]

Louis C Makes sense if you play in the NFL

[@Don-md6wn]

The brain isn't even fully formed until age 25 or so. Memory loss at 32 is not normal. I'm 60 and I don't have a problem with remembering anything I want to remember.

[@dxburner222]

Don You also didn't play football against the best athletes in the world for 10 years

[@jefflebowski810]

dxburner222 you're misunderstanding the comment you need to watch the video again around 1:50 he says he already has memory loss and "maybe it's just old age" then proceeds to say he's 32..... It can't be old age cause 32 isn't old.

[@simondaughtry4619]

How can he remember he is having memory loss?

[@TheTruthfulAsshole]

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

[@iyoda6068]

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

[@simonroy2123]

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

[@simonroy2123]

@Craig Colby how ? I'm saying you can have a shitty memory no matter your age.

[@fatjec]

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

[@Jpw333]

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

[@Don-md6wn]

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.

[@jasontaylor500]

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

[@02REVENGE]

Sounds like he’s in denial

[@bendavid9350]

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

[@nickybatts686]

In serious denial.

[@wijewels1]

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).

[@stillnessinmovement]

I would agree to an extent, but the NFL has had many chances to make the sport safer, and they have chosen not to. because of that, they deserve to the the FUCK sued out of them,until they make changes; better helmets, better rules about concussion and playing, and better healthcare for all retired athletes.

[@petrofor3430]

wijewels1 those "homeopathic treatments" don't work lol...and as far as playing football goes a lot of players didn't know the risk of playing and the NFL hid studies about concussions...they have the right to sue ...they're in the position they are in because of the nfl's gross negligence..

[@car9melo]

wijewels1 homeopathic?? are you fukin serious idiot

[@stillnessinmovement]

homeopathy has a lot of science that clearly shows it has stuff that works. people just don't understand, because there has been a century of propaganda against all alternative treatments. and the AMA would not bother with the propaganda if there wasn't something there. same with weed. it is put down BECAUSE it has a competitive advantage over other medicines, and big pharma don't want you knowing that...

[@Coff1nf33der]

Homeopathy has no science behind it at all. Most principles of homeopathy actually go directly against everything we know about how the world works. It has been used and studied for centuries and there is still no proof that it works, that really should count for something

[@LunaticTheCat]

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?

[@TheBatugan77]

A welder, a truck driver, any military, any loud noise jobs, lots of things. Btw, Pete Townshend id legally deaf. Has been for decades. You think tinnitus is fun?

[@dm55]

People that have never played football have memory loss.

[@jacksonvils7200]

lol this fool grahams hair is ridiculous

[@gumarovasquez5825]

Jackson Vils this post deserves like 10,000 likes.

[@funkytown5497]

he annoys the shit out of me... i don't know what it is. something about his voice/face

[@InDatParish]

Jackson Vils yet you’re too embarrassed to show yours...

[@heatalldayy]

Lol, "being good natured about it."

[@DanTaninecz]

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

[@thetemeculain1758]

I don't know why people look up to celebrities, athletes, musicians, etc. Most of them are very unintelligent and stupid people. Look up to scientists or educators if you want some good insight on life.

[@buckylove6918]

nobody gives a fuck about insight they wanna be rich and famous. The most important things in our world are first money, then good looks and recognition.

[@fast6232]

Bucky Love so true

[@cbd7575]

Football is fucking dangerous

[@pockets9732]

nobody forced you to play in the nfl

[@ryans1114]

Did you even watch the video he says he said he understood the risk, doesn't mean he can't talk about it though

[@luislimon427]

Um um

[@gavinbrando8255]

Needs transcendental meditation and lots of brain exercise

[@mattyice1151]

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

[@SteveRelentless]

This host is pretty weird tbh

[@michaeldodaro]

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

[@dl30wpb]

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

[@pho3nix-]

This guy even looks like a linebacker lol

[@hunterpembleton3763]

He's a left tackle

[@campbelldoyon5755]

Rebphoenix dumb fuck

[@XxSeanGxX]

Rebphoenix he's one of the best at his position.

[@tobron23]

I don't like him

[@Wonderboy205]

He dont like u

[@hellbound64]

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

[@grimeztwoeleven]

your being sarcastic right?

[@Oddssss]

@@grimeztwoeleven that's me everyday and I'm 22

[@grimeztwoeleven]

@@Oddssss same here and i'm 26

[@andrewk1037]

@Jesus is Fake wow so cool