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I would love to get a reliable goal-line back to take those hits off of our main guys.

I disagree with both of your points.

Chubb runs with good body lean and he has scored TDs' on the Goal line where there is no hole.

If there is a hole where the play is designed to be, then he will utilize it, but if not he will search with his great vision for another option, and its not like he has much time to make up his mind.

His stats bear this out from college to the pros.


Lousy OL play is not Chubbs fault.

I know RBs. Trust me on that one.

Would have to agree with Vers on this one. Chubb just hasn't exhibited the "get low, battering ram" style that will put you over the goal line.

Against Buffalo last year he had FIVE cracks at pay-dirt from the 1 yard line... in one series... -1, 1, 0, 0, -2

Our Oline was much maligned last season. They weren't very good, but overall they really weren't all that bad. Oddly, their run-blocking in short yardage seemed (to these eyes) to be weak.

If nothing else, we'll see this year. We've loaded up on talent in a way that I didn't think we would/could.

Yeah, the run blocking was awful last year. According to PFF, our pass blocking was average, but the run blocking was near the bottom.

I also want to clarify that I love Chubb as a runner. I just don't think short yardage running is one of his better attributes.

Give me a break here fellas.

There is almost 2 hrs of Chubb successfully running against a stacked box in the video breakdown ... but you say that he isn't a good GL RB.

Excuse me! But that is just nonsensical.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a RB with bettor vision than Nick ... he always goes the right way at the right time ...

Am i seeing things or do u notice that also?

I do too, thats why Chubb was my top RB in the Draft two years ago.

I think he has very good vision. He is a very patient runner who uses his vision to help him break off long runs. It's not as dramatic, but it's similar to Bell's patience and vision.

It's also been a long time since I have seen RB's shed arm tackles with as much ease as Chubb. You are absolutely not getting him on the ground by flailing at him.

There is not another RB in the NFL that I would Trade Chubb for ...

Perfect.

really, I probably wouldn’t either ... especially for the price now

Might as well show his top ten while at Georgia. Only one patsy opponent.

If we extend Chubb a year from now it will look something like the above contract.

Or this:

That’s a LOT of catch for a RB

I'm somewhat skeptical that they both play those all the way out. I wonder when/how the teams have outs built in.

the only thing that matters is how much is guaranteed.

Not just "guaranteed", but really guaranteed at signing, which is different. A lot of the guaranteed numbers reported are actually just for (career ending) injury. Could still be cut for declining performance, "change of (team) direction", etc and not get paid those injury guarantees if able to play.

I did not know that. I didn’t know there were guarantees that have asterisks.

Nick Chubb is on pace to become the third NFL player in the last 40 years to finish a season with at least 100 rushing yards per game and at least 6 yards per carry (min. 5 games played). The previous 2: Adrian Peterson in 2012 and Barry Sanders in 1997.

https://twitter.com/Gil_Brandt/status/1333483801087905793

Only one running back in NFL history finished his career averaging over 100 yards per game.

Jim Brown.

Nick Chubb's last 2 seasons - 96.2

Would be able to include all 3 years if not for Huecifer Jackson

https://twitter.com/_PeteSmith_/status/1333486085654056966

This is a shocking stat. Knew he was great, but not that he was in that neighborhood. Want to see more soon. I think line can improve, so this should get better for Chubb as well. And I like Hunt as well. Hope we manage to get them together out there like had with Mack-Byner.
They need to play hard for each other, but they are doing that already.

"Huecifer Jackson"

Happy birthday, Fate!

That was hysterical! Really made me chuckle. Instant meme. It does insult the devil some.

Happy Birthday Fate!

Is Carlos Hyde available?

He’s a Seahawk.

Thanks guys!

Nick Chubb since entering the NFL:
92.1 PFF rushing grade (1st)
4.1 yds after contact per carry (1st)
141 broken tackles on runs (2nd)

https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1334486550252544000

Nick Chubb nominated for Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award for 2nd straight year
Browns RB continues to impress his coaches and teammates
https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/nic...d-straight-year


There's more to Nick Chubb than yards and touchdowns.

Ask the third-year running back's coaches and teammates, and you'll quickly learn how much Chubb is respected for the way he carries himself and treats others on and off the field.

That's why, for the second straight year, Chubb has earned the Browns' nomination for the NFL's Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award. The award is presented each year to an NFL player who best demonstrates the qualities of on-field sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition.

The 32 finalists -- one from each team -- will be whittled down to eight (four from the AFC and four from the NFC) and placed on the players' Pro Bowl ballot under the NFL Sportsmanship Award category. The players' top choice will be honored during the NFL Honors Show. The winner will receive a $25,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to a charity of his choice.

Browns Star Rises: Nick Chubb's Batman fandom has origin story centered on inspiration
Nate Ulrich
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/spor...nfl/3944106001/


About a week after Nick Chubb's left knee had been blown out on Oct. 10, 2015, he watched scenes from “The Dark Knight Rises” on his smartphone during a break from rehabilitating at the University of Georgia.

The star running back typed “Batman gets his back broken by Bane” into the search field on YouTube.

Chubb felt a connection to the 2012 movie when supervillain Bane tells Batman, “Victory has defeated you,” in the early stages of their first battle.

“I remember I was like on top of the world, coming off a good [freshman] season, feeling myself, doing good in everything, and he said that, and I feel like he was talking to me,” Chubb said.

The encounter ends with Bane lifting a beaten Batman and breaking the superhero's back over his right leg.

“I felt like my knee was broken in every piece, too,” Chubb said.

Cleveland Browns:Nick Chubb hopes he and Kareem Hunt can be another Browns dynamic duo

Then Bruce Wayne finds himself in Bane's prison known as “The Pit.” Wayne spends months recovering and training, and after several failed escape attempts, he completes a treacherous climb, rising from the “The Pit,” so he can return to Gotham City and his life as Batman.

“I felt like that wall was what I went through getting out of rehab,” Chubb said. “I had to get up the wall and get free and get back to myself. All that just was so relatable to me during that time.

“I kind of used that as motivation to keep me up and keep me going because of how he came back from that. That's how I attacked my rehab and my recovery from my injury.”

Chubb had seen the film before, but the iconic fight between Tom Hardy's Bane and Christian Bale's Batman and Wayne's subsequent ascent didn't become an obsession until the player embarked on a comeback from the gruesome injury he suffered as a sophomore against the University of Tennessee.

“The next time I watched it after that,” Chubb said, “I was hanging on every word, really into it, listening to everything.”

With Batman inspiring Chubb, he rebounded from three of the four ligaments in his left knee shredding, all but the anterior cruciate ligament, and the surgery he needed as a result. He returned to action in time for the 2016 opener, flourished in his final collegiate season in 2017 and became a second-round draft pick (No. 35 overall) of the Browns in 2018.

Nick Chubb takes on Gotham
In the buildup to the Browns playing consecutive games against the New York Giants and New York Jets in Gotham — OK, East Rutherford, New Jersey, but play along here — Chubb spoke to the Beacon Journal by phone for 15 minutes on Dec. 17 about his Batman fandom.

Chubb rushed 15 times for 50 yards and a touchdown, his 10th of the season, in Sunday night's 20-6 win over the Giants. The Browns (10-4) will be knocking on the door to the playoffs when they return to MetLife Stadium and face the Jets (1-13) on Sunday, Chubb's 25th birthday.

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You can bet Chubb's gifts will include some Batman items from his family.

When Browns communications coordinator Mike Annarella informed Chubb of a Batman-centric interview request and relayed a message about the Gotham angle, Chubb realized Annarella didn't know Gotham is a fictitious version of New York in the Batman universe. Waiting on deck for a Zoom session with local media, Chubb whispered an explanation to Annarella while quarterback Baker Mayfield fielded questions from reporters nearby.

Yes, Chubb is a man of few words, but he enjoys talking about Batman.

Right tackle Jack Conklin revealed a few weeks ago he occasionally chats with Chubb about Batman in an attempt to lure the two-time Pro Bowl selection out of his shell. Chubb has also bonded with offensive lineman Chris Hubbard and practice-squad fullback Johnny Stanton over their affinity for the Caped Crusader.

Chubb considers Stanton the locker room's top Batman expert because he is well-versed in comic books. Stanton has given Chubb plenty of reading recommendations.

“He gets excited,” Stanton said by phone. “He's very curious about it.”

Batman vs. Superman
Chubb took a liking to DC Comics superheroes in high school when he and friends played the Injustice video games on PlayStation 4.

At first, Batman wasn't actually Chubb's favorite character.

“I was a Superman fan because honestly I didn't know any better,” he said. “I just know what I saw. He was flashy. He could fly. He had super strength and all that stuff. My friends were into it, too. Growing up, we'd always argue Superman versus Batman, and I'd always have Superman's side. But they brought to my attention why Batman was better, and I kind of flipped sides, joining them.”

So why is Batman the best superhero?

“He's human just like us, and if you were indestructible like Superman, would you fear anything? No, you wouldn't. If you know you can't die, you wouldn't fear anything,” Chubb said. “But Batman, we can die, we're mortal, and he still stands up and faces any challenge. He's just a man, but he has courage.”

Chubb explained his allegiance to Batman “really took off” shortly after he suffered the devastating knee injury five years ago in Knoxville, Tennessee.

“A lot of players have to deal with injuries, but the fact that Nick was able to come back from something so hard and to be able to use that as inspiration is pretty cool,” Stanton said. “I'm sure movie creators would love to be able to hear something like that.”

Chubb hasn't dabbled much in Batman movies and TV shows predating this century. “The Dark Knight Trilogy” directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Bale as Batman is Chubb's bread and butter, though he also watches animated films made in the past decade.

As far as Batman memorabilia goes, Chubb doesn't own countless comic books and action figures. However, the contents of his wardrobe and garage aren't coincidences. He wears a silver Batman symbol on a chain necklace, a Christmas gift he received during his rookie season from his mother, Lavelle. He said he dons black clothing on a regular basis and has matte black cars — a Mercedes-AMG and a Dodge Charger — with tinted windows because of Batman.

Chubb has even thought about buying a Batmobile one day.

“It would be either when I'm done with football or sometime in the offseason when I'm just feeling spontaneous,” he said.

'It would only be Batman'
Chubb doesn't have any tattoos, but if he gets one, you can guess what the theme would be.

“If I ever got a tattoo,” he said, “it would only be Batman — 100%. I've thought about it, but I don't know if it would be cool or corny. It would probably be in-between, so I don't know if I'll get it.”

Hubbard has a Batman tattoo on one of his legs, and Chubb thinks it turned out well.

“But if I'm getting it,” Chubb said, “I'm getting it right on my chest, like him gliding down, big — everybody can see it.”

All of this raises the following question: Has Chubb ever dressed as Batman?

“Yeah, I have. Yeah, of course,” he said with a laugh. “My junior year of college, I was Batman for a Halloween party.”

The Browns have had fun with this, too, mostly by following Chubb's lead on social media.

After Chubb suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee on Oct. 4 against the Dallas Cowboys, he wrote on Instagram, “Thanks for all the prayers and wishes. I'll be back soon enough. To the bat cave until then.” Don't worry — he included a bat emoji at the end of the message.

When the Browns designated Chubb to return from injured reserve on Nov. 9, the team tweeted an animated GIF of a football player standing atop FirstEnergy Stadium as a Bat-Signal of sorts featuring Chubb's face shone in the night sky.



Chubb's favorite Batman quote is, “I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.” Last year, he tweaked the famous line from “The Dark Knight” and wrote on Instagram, “I'm whatever Cleveland needs me to be.” The caption accompanied a photograph of Chubb in his Browns uniform.

If Batman were to play football, Chubb said he would be a running back with a hell of a stiff-arm.

“He would have everything,” Chubb said. “Full-balanced running back.”

He probably would even resist the temptation to score a touchdown and instead run out of bounds at the 1-yard line if it ensured he would save Gotham.

“Yeah,” Chubb said without hesitation, “Batman doesn't kill.”

Inside the Batcave with Nick Chubb

Favorite Batman: Christian Bale

Favorite movie: “Probably 'The Dark Knight Rises.'”

Favorite villain: “The Joker. He's always one step ahead. He's super smart, intelligent, and I just like him. He's tricky.”

Thoughts on Robert Pattinson in “The Batman” (2022): “Pattinson is skinny, and Batman's more on the bulky side. He might have to gain weight or something, but I feel like it'll be good.”

Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com.

Browns at Jets

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TV: CBS (Channel 19)

Cool story. Chubb is such an easy guy to like.

I'll never forgive this team if they let him walk and decide not to pay him because "he's a RB".

Chubb isn’t going anywhere. He’s one of the best - you could argue THE best - at his position.

Just a Nick Chubb Appreciation Tweet

931 Rushing Yards (6th)
10 Rush TDs (T-4th)
93.1 Yds/Gm (3rd)
5.6 Yds/Att (1st)
11 Big Plays (2nd)
Browns have 8-2 record when Chubb plays

Imagine if he didn't miss 4 games due to injury