With the NFL Combine set to kickoff this week and free agency just a few weeks away, the Cleveland Browns added another offseason need to their list by cutting ties with a veteran defensive starter. According to a the Browns have released safety Juan Thornhill.

The Cleveland Browns are releasing safety Juan Thornhill. After signing the former Virginia safety and Super Bowl-winner with the Kansas City Chiefs to a three-year deal, the Browns are moving on from their starting free safety after just two seasons.

The Cleveland Browns have made a decision on defensive back Juan Thornhill, who played 22 games for the team in the last two seasons.

The Browns are set to release safety Juan Thornhill, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. Thornhill has one year left, worth $7 million, on the three-year deal that he signed back in 2023. Thornhill had 103 tackles and four passes defensed in 22 games for the Browns.

The Cleveland Browns originally hoped that Juan Thornhill would help fill the void in a remade secondary for a three-year stint when they signed him back in 2023 as one of their key free agent acquisitions.

Starting safety Juan Thornhill will be released by the Cleveland Browns, an NFL source confirmed to ESPN on Monday, which will save the team $3.4 million in cap space.

The Cleveland Browns announced that they have terminated the contract of 10-year veteran long-snapper Charley Hughlett. This news comes just after the Browns released starting safety Juan Thornh

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Browns are releasing Juan Thornhill when the league year opens March 12, the safety told cleveland.com on Monday. The writing was on the wall Saturday when Thornhill, 29, posted on X, “Greater things to come. One day at a time.”