DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2021 NFL Season Looking Back: Browns 7 Patriots 45 Chubb has COVID

Another aggravating thing about this is not only are we going to have to get a RB ready who has never played in our system, johnson is going to have to stay in on alot of third downs to pass block, increasing his chance of being injured. The Patriots not having to deal with chub, I would suspect ,will be run blitzing or pass blitzing on first and second down all game to try to force us into 3rd and longs and make us one dimensional. The Patriots on the other hand are not that good at running the ball so I would suspect we will be doing the same.

Too bad Hunt isnt ready to return. Johnson and Hill will have to make due (I expect Landry to fill into it some creatively too)

guys its fine if chubb doesnt play.

D'ernest is about to run through the defense as well. and the patriots defense doesnt have the backfield to cover our guys.

its gonna be a close game, but i bet we still go over 120 yards rushing as a team.

Not for nothing,, but the Pats are not the broncos. They have a pretty darn good D. Johnson won't shred them as easily.

My hope is Chubb will be back,, Chubb and Johnson make a good pair.

Damn. . It's still spreading.....offensive line now.....uhhg....all we need is to lose starting offensive linemen. Fingers crossed no more positive tests. However if one of our linemen has it I expect more

Actually, Denver has the better defense. Including against the run.

https://www.lineups.com/nfl-team-rankings/defense

Wasn't Cinci just having covid issues? Hopefully the NFL is checking them to make sure the cheapskates aren't cutting corners.

Is it just me, or is Nick Harris really having a tough time staying available?

Yeah .. he hasn’t been available much, whether it’s injury or illness. I worry that he’s undersized and it might be tough for him to play a whole season

Nope, but it doesn't matter much. The guy is a wasted pick IMO. He isn't going to answer any bells even if available. Drafting or signing a center should be a high priority this next off-season since it is doubtful that Treeter remains on the team.

U are so dramatic lol this is not the end of the world

It's highly likely Tretter will be on the team next year. His salary actually reduces by $1.2M next season. An extension for Tretter will not surprise me.

One thing I worry about with Johnson: he isn’t great catching it out of the backfield. It seems very unnatural to him … and without Felton that eliminates a big time threat using the RBs and screen game

I would guess Landry plays out of the backfield a bit.

The guy we signed, Brian Hill, is a pretty decent catcher of the football. The problem, obviously, is that he is unfamiliar with the offense so putting him for pass protection, knowing when to get out into the pattern, or running a screen pass, which takes a good deal of precise timing, might be in question... but he can catch the football.

Thanks DC that makes sense

How often do Teams check their players for Covid ??

If they are vaccinated I believe it is infrequent. Unvaccinated everyday. If the team is in the “enhanced protocol” then everyone is tested everyday.

Thanks .. I was curious how they found out Chubb had it as he played great Sunday and he was Vaxed ..

After John Kelly tested positive, it's likely they tested the entire team and that's how Chubb tested positive.

Got it .

If that’s how they found out Chubb was positive, then that would likely mean he was asymptomatic. Maybe with therapeutics, we have a chance at getting him on Sunday.

Maybe. We'll see. I just think the guy is slowing down a bit, and even if his salary drops, I think we will still be looking to bring the OL cap number down considering we just handed out a tidy sum to both of the guards.

Maybe a bit, but not much more than what we have already seen. To me, if anything we will see more empty sets.

To me we might lean on the fullback position a bit more. More probable in maybe us a TE in that role.

Don't be surprised to see more tight end screens.

Small chance. He’s gotta test negative twice to be eligible.

That's what I was thinking .

The affected players have to test negative today in order to have any chance of playing Sunday. Negative today and tomorrow, fly to New England on their own for Sunday's game.

If Chubb gets his first negative test today, which means his second tomorrow would also likely be negative, I'll start the gofundme to pay for his plane ticket.

I wonder if there will be any release of info if there are initial negative tests today? Probably not, as I'm sure it will be regarded as a competitive advantage to say nothing until a second negative test is received. Fans wanna know!

I get it but I don't need to know. I could live with turning on the pre-game show and having them show the Browns warming up with Chubb taking hand-offs and catching passes. I would be fine with that.

I won't lie and say I expected the Phins to win. But giving the Rat Birds seven and a half points I thought was simply too much. As such I took the Phins and the points. Couldn't be happier about the Rat Birds loss. On that last Phins TD drive they ran the ball down their throats.

The drive with the 64 yard pass play?

That doesn't change the fact that they ran the ball very well during that drive.

I'm not trying to be difficult but based on looking at the drive, they had 5 rushes for 11 yards on that drive.....