WATCH: Chiefs DB Juan Thornhill goes up to snag an interception

Thornhill notched his first interception of the season.

The Ballhawk is back at it, folks.

Kansas City Chiefs DB Juan Thornhill recorded his first interception of the 2020 NFL season on an errant throw from New England Patriots QB Brian Hoyer. He put a little too much juice on the throw, overthrowing his target. Thornhill went up to get the ball over the receiver and took off for a 20-yard scamper into New England territory.

This also marks the first interception for Thornhill since his season-ending ACL injury in Week 17 of 2019. He was very close to making some big plays through the first few weeks of the season. Here’s what he said about that last week.

“Yeah, I mean talking to Tyrann (Mathieu) about it and everything, he’s been through it two times,” Thornhill told reporters. “And he told me there’s going to be sometimes I would be so close to making a play but I’m going to be a little short just because of the fact that I’m not comfortable and I’m not where I was. And like you said, I just have to remind myself like, ‘it’s going to come, just be confident’ because that’s the main thing. If you’re not confident in your ability, you’re not going to make any plays at all.”

Thornhill kept grinding and now he’s back to making plays just as he did before his injury. Unfortunately, the Chiefs would turn the ball over shortly after with a fumble by WR Sammy Watkins as he tried to gain some extra yardage. This team must capitalize on errors by Hoyer if they’re to come out of this with a win.

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