Camryn Justice is a reporter at News 5 Cleveland.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.VA — When Juan Thornhill got to Cleveland, he had a lot of goals. Among them was one that seemed almost inevitable he'd achieve with his high energy and positive personality: becoming a fan favorite among the Dawg Pound. Over the past year, that goal has become more challenging for him than he may have realized—but the Cleveland Browns ' safety isn't giving up just yet as he sets his sights on a healthy, standout season in 2024.
Feeling like he was letting the team down was hard enough to deal with. Feeling like he was letting the fans down wasn't any better. "A lot of people say that they don't see what fans tweet and what they say, but if you have social media, I'm going to be honest, you see it, it's almost impossible. You play a game, and all of a sudden, you have fans tweeting at you and '@-ing' you and stuff. As soon as you click, that notification is there. So it's obvious, it's obvious that you're going to see it.
On the social media front, Thornhill is stepping away for a while. He plans to let his play do the talking for the time being. After talking to his wife, Reagan, Thornhill decided to delete Twitter from his apps. If someone tweets him, he won't see it, dedicating himself to"focusing strictly on football."
Thornhill's hard work has been noticed and appreciated by his team. Head coach Kevin Stefanski noted how much that offseason work has shown. "These are passionate fans. If they bring a guy in that they're paying a lot of money to, they want him to perform, so I can understand their frustration with me not being on the field and they just keep seeing me play one week and then all of a sudden I'm hurt again and they think I'm just always hurt. But it's not that, it's: I have one injury that I just can't get over.
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