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I stopped watching the NFL the day that the Browns named Johnny Football the starter.

I haven't looked back. No regrets.

I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a non-Steelers NFL game in its entirety, including the Super Bowl.  I probably watch one full Steelers game, playoffs included, per year.  
The NFL is not entertaining in the least bit to me.  

Agreed. I could not love football more than I do. Grew up with it. Played it, coached, followed it.
Yet, I find the NFL nearly unwatchable.   It just seems so.... So... Contrived, and now the way the players act both on and off the field both during and before the games, it is almost offensive.  

I used to feel that way.
Now I can barely tell a difference as college football constantly tries to NFLize itself.

I haven't sat through a non-SB NFL game in a few years.  Last year was the first SB I simply didn't care to even watch any of.  I'm not sure why, I just don't give a damn.

I'm as critical of OL play as anyone, as that's what I played in HS.  I'm almost never impressed by any OL I watch.  If a guy gets a good block one play, he's just as likely to whiff the next, it seems.  I played left tackle, and as limited as I was, there are LTs getting paid millions of dollars who flat out suck.  They don't seem to have a plan at all.  I honestly want to blame height, of all things.

We know that the taller the basketball player, the better...up to a certain point.  Shaq was a revelation because he was coordinated in the paint AND 7'0", with strength.  You start getting up to 7'2", 7'4", 7'6" and they're guys who would BE comedic and a danger to themselves on roller skates.  Gawky.  Awkward.  Just a mess.

NFL left tackles (esp LT) are now 6'7", 6'8", 6'9".....and they suck.  I don't care if your arms are 40" long, ARE YOU COORDINATED ENOUGH TO USE THEM?!?  

Last week Cleveland announced that Joe Thomas had taken his 10,000th straight snap. As in, he has not missed a snap since he started in the NFL.

That is incredible.

Hasn't missed a pro bowl either. The record was 7 for an OL to start a career, but now Joe has the record at 10 (and counting). He's been all-pro 8 times.

Last week Cleveland announced that Joe Thomas had taken his 10,000th straight snap. As in, he has not missed a snap since he started in the NFL.

That is incredible.

Hasn't missed a pro bowl either. The record was 7 for an OL to start a career, but now Joe has the record at 10 (and counting). He's been all-pro 8 times.

That's the big one.

Pro Bowls, meh.  SUper Bowl participants now all have to be replaced, and so many guys opt out, I think one year they were down to the 7th choice QB to fill out the roster.

But man, 8 All Pros?  That's crazy.  And 6 of them are 1st team.  Only 24 players in NFL history have been First team All-Pro 7 or more times, only 9 primarily offensive linemen.

He gets a 7th, he joins Forrest Gregg, John Hannah, Bruce Matthews, Randall McDaniel and Bulldogs Turner.

OSU alum Jim Parker is the lone offensive lineman with 8.

Ron Mix and Anthony Munoz have 9.

Then Jim Otto (a Wisconsin native) is the gold standard with 10.

I think you can pretty easily say Joe Thomas (at worst) is the best NFL lineman since Randall McDaniel, and the best tackle since Munoz.  He could very well be 2nd all time to Munoz.  Granted prior to the 80s, you tended to put your best linemen inside to be road graders, and not til it really started opening up was tackle, namely left tackle, the premier offensive line position.

Two of about the worst OLs are taking the field every other Sunday in Seattle and Indianapolis. And is it any wonder when their erosion started? Back when their star QB's rookie contracts expired and cap money become tied up on their much larger second contract. Seattle looks like a team invested in Russell Wilson, the defense, and nothing else because that's in fact where Pete Carroll directed the money. For now Wilson's feet can keep drives alive, but how much longer can his feet be counted on? Look at these other rookie-contract QBs with nice OLs. Marcus Mariotta and Dak Prescott taking snaps behind the two of the NFL's better OLs. Just like Wilson did. Once both are granted pricier contracts the roster will have to take a hit somewhere. Credit the Packers and Patriots for giving Rodgers and Brady strong OLs, but especially in the case of the Packers, it's been at the expense of depth on the Defense. Of course pricier QB contracts or salary cap limitations DON'T explain why there are so many bad lineman across the NFL, but it does get at how certain leakier OLs were back-burnered by GMs. Accurate of the Giants too.