Two-time Super Bowl champion Safety with 340 career tackles expresses desire to join the New Orleans Saints after becoming a free agent — ready to give up everything just to revive the team that inspired him to start his career.
Two-time Super Bowl champion Safety with 340 career tackles expresses desire to join the New Orleans Saints after becoming a free agent — ready to give up everything just to revive the team that inspired him to start his career.
New Orleans, Louisiana – 11/12/2025
After entering free agency, a two-time Super Bowl–winning safety has sent shockwaves through the NFL by openly expressing his desire to join the New Orleans Saints — the very team he admits he’s loved since he was a kid. With more than 340 career tackles, he’s known as a player defined by toughness and experience, but what touched fans most was the heartfelt reason behind his wish to come to New Orleans: “I want to help revive the team that inspired me to start playing this game.”
According to team insiders, the veteran defender has personally reached out to the Saints’ front office, expressing a strong interest in being part of head coach Dennis Allen’s defensive rebuild. He has reportedly turned down higher-paying offers from other franchises, determined to wear the black and gold of the city he still calls “home.”
“I’ve played in different cities and I’ve won big games,” he said in a recent interview. “But there’s something about New Orleans that I just can’t shake. It’s not just a team — it’s a community, a belief system, a feeling that makes you want to fight for them even when no one asks you to.”
Throughout his career, he has earned a reputation as a physical, instinctive safety with elite game awareness, capable of leading a defense through both communication and example. Since parting ways with his previous team in early November, he has stayed in peak condition and spent time studying the Saints’ defensive schemes — preparing himself for the moment opportunity arrives.

“I don’t need a glamorous contract,” he added. “All I want is a chance — a chance to give back to this city, to the team that made me believe football is something worth living for.”
As the New Orleans Saints aim to rebuild their defense and rediscover the identity that once defined their golden era, the addition of a battle-tested veteran with two Super Bowl rings could bring both leadership and the spark that reignites the team’s spirit.
And when his name was finally revealed, fans understood why emotions ran so high — it was Juan Thornhill, the two-time Super Bowl champion safety, now ready to give up everything to help revive the team he’s loved since childhood: the New Orleans Saints.
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