Former Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas will be heading to the Hall of Fame in a few years and he thinks an unlikely player could join him down the road, Tyrod Taylor.

Taylor was the starting quarterback the last three years for the Buffalo Bills and this offseason he was traded over to the Browns. Last year he helped snap the Bills playoff streak and Thomas thinks he can snap that for the Browns this year too.

“I think Tyrod Taylor is going to go right from Cleveland to the Hall of Fame by taking the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs for the first in what? Nineteen or 20 years? And then doing the same thing for the Cleveland Browns in back-to-back seasons,” Thomas said, per Nick Wojton of USA Today's Bills Wire. “I love Tyrod. I think he can do great things. He's looked great all spring, and I think he'll lead the Browns to the playoffs.”

Getting two teams who have been historically bad like the Bills and Browns would be quite the feat, but the Hall of Fame induction isn't based on how many playoff appearances one player has.

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Taylor has only been a starter for three seasons and although he has been a solid player his numbers don't really jump off the page.

There is also the question is how many more years as a starter does he left. Taylor is a starter this year with Baker Mayfield being the backup and he is breathing down his neck.

Maybe Taylor will take off and put up Hall of Fame numbers but right now it seems like a longshot.