### **Cleveland Browns: Diontae Johnson Won't Let 'One Bad Year' Define Him**
Diontae Johnson realizes his career is at a crossroads, after being with four different teams since March of last year.
Johnson was traded by the Steelers to the Carolina Panthers 15 months ago, then was traded to the Ravens last October. [Baltimore released Johnson in December](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/diontae-johnson-waived-ravens-steelers-week-16#:~:text=The%20Ravens%20waived%20wide%20receiver,conduct%20detrimental%20to%20the%20team.) after he played just 39 snaps and was suspended for one week for conduct detrimental to the team. Johnson was picked up by the Houston Texans but was waived after two games.
Now the 28-year-old Johnson is with the Cleveland Browns on a one-year deal and says the Browns were the only team that contacted him during free agency. He hopes to change the negative narrative surrounding him by returning to his 2021 form when he made the Pro Bowl. The Browns are looking for a No. 2 receiver opposite Jerry Jeudy.
"One bad year," Johnson said [via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/how-wr-diontae-johnson-can-save-his-nfl-career-with-the-browns-the-only-team-that-hit-me-up/ar-AA1GxvBJ?ocid=BingNewsSerp). "It's one year. I had five great seasons in Pittsburgh. I had one year, that doesn't define me as a player, none of that, my character or none of that. So, like I said, everybody's going to say what they want to say about me, but I know who I am as a person deep down and that's all that matters to me.
"Just be myself and prove everybody wrong. That's my mindset. Keep going. Don't worry about the outside noise. Worry about what goes on between these gates. That's it."