Haven't heard anyone even mention him or his performance, which I thought was pretty good, especially under the circumstances. Of course Chubb's injury is devastating and heartbreaking, and didn't have to happen except for the stoolers typical dirty play. We'll definitely miss his leadership and reliability but let's give Ford his due, root for him, and dedicate this season to Nick Chubb.
I have no idea who you think would not "root for him" to do well. But no matter how you slice it, he isn't and never will be a Nick Chubb. And I actually feel the Browns will add a better RB to the team. Or they may realize that without Chubb getting someone well a step below him would be futile. It's hard to know at this point.
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He's going to get better (he already has), but he's not an every down back. Not great between the tackles. Our ability to churn out long drives is over
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
He seems to have all the physical tools. Correct me if I'm wrong, but where he seems to be lacking compared to Chubb (I know it's an unfair comparison, but he IS now the starting back) is vision. Chubb is smoother/faster from when he gets to the ball to hitting the LoS, and Ford seems to hesitate.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
There is a reason Hunt isn't signed, if he's so good- other teams would have jumped on him. Ford did OK- our so called top 3 line sure got exposed- we're bad at pass block and running lanes where not very good. Will be interesting to watch what Browns do.......sample size of ONE last week, now, it is TWO- we looked less than a playoff team.
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what about Jonathan Taylor, he wants out of Indy, Chubb is going to miss atleast 2 seasons if he comes back at all, don't look for a stop gap, just go get an actual proven back
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I don't love the idea of Hunt but I don't hate it either
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Chubb is going to miss atleast 2 seasons if he comes back at all
He'll be posting videos of him him squating 700lbs instead of 675 mid April 2024
If anyone can it’s him, but I rather see a video of him cutting. Pretty sure no nfl back has come back from this
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Obviously I wish Chubb was out there today, however the season keeps moving forward. I’m looking forward to seeing Ford breakout this season. He will take his lumps, but I expect him to play well.
You can see how he's taking small steps each game. Awesome to watch.
I'll also say that I'm really excited to have Hunt back. Dude has his history but seems to have turned it around. He was an important voice in the RB room before so I'm sure he will be again. He looked like he recovered a little bit of his previous pop.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
You can see how he's taking small steps each game. Awesome to watch.
I'll also say that I'm really excited to have Hunt back. Dude has his history but seems to have turned it around. He was an important voice in the RB room before so I'm sure he will be again. He looked like he recovered a little bit of his previous pop.
I agree and think that little screen pass Hunt executes so well would have really helped vs the Steelers to slow down that pass rush some.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
as I am saying in the Hunt thread... the Ford experiment should be pretty much over. Maybe, they will give him the Ravens and game. But, if he doesn't do better... Berry will be forced to get another back right after the Ravens game so we can get them up to speed before we play the 49ers.
Ford has 160 yards with a 3.8 YPC and 50% of his yards to date have come on one play. Remove that one play... he's basically averaging what he did last year 2.25 YPC.
Meanwhile, Chubb was averaging 6.1 YPC with the same OL and a long of 20.
Blocking those who argue to argue, eliminates the argument.
Bro the titans sold out top stop the run, and yet Ford still had 2 total TDs, and it’s clear on the field he’s adjusting better to the speed of the game. Why you down on him
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I personally think Ford has been OK. He's not going to get more yards than are there. As long as he doesn't fumble and gets what he can, Im good
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Bro the titans sold out top stop the run, and yet Ford still had 2 total TDs, and it’s clear on the field he’s adjusting better to the speed of the game. Why you down on him
I thought he did very well
First time starting, he didn't have Chubb and Hunt in front of him
He didn’t pile up big yards but he came up with some big plays. Two scores: a great run and finish, and then he caught their DB looking into the backfield and gave him a beauty “see ya later” move. We’ll have a running game by committee approach. Pretty damn hard to replace Chubb. Let’s be Ford tough!
Edit: by the way, he ran for a TD yesterday and the celebration was low-key. Chubb influence. Follow the true leader, I say.
Ford doesn't have the vision or physical skills that Nick has but he's more than capable and has room to improve with more touches. Having Kareem back will help too.
I definitely have seen Ford improve since the preseason. He needs to continue to work on getting those hard yards IMO. Chubb was a master at turning 2 into 4
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
good point peen. Titans, niners, Washington ... some really really good run Ds
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Edit: by the way, he ran for a TD yesterday and the celebration was low-key. Chubb influence. Follow the true leader, I say.
I love low key but how come no one's jumping into the dawg pound? That should be every players dream when scoring at home on that end, especially for the first time. Both Ford and Coop seemed oblivious.
I definitely have seen Ford improve since the preseason. He needs to continue to work on getting those hard yards IMO. Chubb was a master at turning 2 into 4
I don't know why people put a ceiling on guys based on in the moment evidence. It was obvious Ford was nervous as hell when Chubb went down but settled into playing as the game went on. You could see his confidence just continue to build. And I thought he had a nice game this past week as well. I think it's only going to continue to get better from here.
I definitely have seen Ford improve since the preseason. He needs to continue to work on getting those hard yards IMO. Chubb was a master at turning 2 into 4
I assume you mean since game 1. He didn’t play in the preseason. So far he’s done well with getting hard yards. He usually gets a yard plus after contact or falls forward on most carries to this point. He’s turned a couple of of negative plays into big runs. Like a few others, comparing him to one of the best RBs in the game will make anyone look below average to average.
I love low key but how come no one's jumping into the dawg pound? That should be every players dream when scoring at home on that end, especially for the first time. Both Ford and Coop seemed oblivious.
The Haslam's installed field seats in front of the dawg pound this year blocking access for players to jump into the dawg pound (see the color coded blue 'field end zone seating).
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