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Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield talks with operating again Nick Chubb.
Nick Chubb is a straight-shooter with a quiet status. Nonetheless, the soft-spoken Cleveland Browns operating again has grown into an enormous function on the group, main by instance.
And when he speaks, individuals pay attention.
Chubb was the intense spot through the Browns disappointing 6-10 marketing campaign a yr in the past. He got here up simply in need of the speeding title, watching Titans RB Derrick Henry surge by him with a 211-yard efficiency within the season finale. Chubb totaled simply 86 yards over the ultimate two weeks — largely as a result of inconsistent play-calling — ending the yr with 1,494 yards and eight touchdowns.
The Browns had entered the season with unprecedented hype, gracing journal covers and garnering help as a Tremendous Bowl choose. However it didn’t take longer than a Week 1 blowout by the hands of the Titans for issues to start out unraveling underneath former head coach Freddie Kitchens.
Chubb joined the Jim Rome Present in a uncommon interview look to interrupt down why issues went awry in a rush.
“I stated it earlier than, I feel we thought we have been so much higher than we have been. We thought it was going to only occur for us, we didn’t really put the work in. We acquired this man, and this man, you already know we’re straight, so we don’t want to truly work, it’s going to occur for us.
“Laborious work beats expertise when expertise doesn’t work. I feel that’s precisely what it was with us.”
Nick Chubb Profitable Over New Regime
Whereas Chubb is notoriously quiet, he has gained a status as the most effective operating backs within the NFL. He’s acquired a no-nonsense fashion on and off the sphere, which new head coach Kevin Stefanski appreciates.
“He's a cultural tone-setter. I like every part about him,” Stefanski stated on the Bull and Fox present on 92.three The Fan. “Simply doesn’t say a lot. He involves work and does his job. There’s a technique to lead with out being a rah-rah man. You don’t must be making speeches. His teammates are very, very keenly conscious when [he’s] within the constructing and on the sphere. He’s about his enterprise and about working. That’s one thing I actually respect.”
Chubb was lately named to Professional Soccer Focus’ high 25 gamers underneath the age of 25. Right here’s what the positioning needed to say about him:
“Since he was drafted within the second spherical of the 2018 NFL Draft, no operating again has graded out larger than Chubb as a rusher. The truth is, his 92.1 speeding grade over the past two years is the one mark above 90.0. That primarily comes right down to the truth that getting Chubb to the bottom has been a lot simpler stated than accomplished. His 110 missed tackles pressured are greater than another participant, and his 1,980 speeding yards after contact are fewer than solely Derrick Henry. In the event you’re searching for a pure runner, there are few gamers within the league proper now that I'd take over Chubb.”
Browns Linemen Rallying Round Nick Chubb
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The Browns made some huge additions to the offensive line this offseason and the prospect of blocking for Chubb is one thing that has newly-signed sort out Jack Conklin excited.
Conklin helped block for Henry in Tennessee as he collected 1,540 yards on the bottom and went on to tear up the playoffs with two video games over 180 yards, main the Titans to the AFC Championship. Conklin hopes he will help Chubb do the identical.
“To have the ability to change groups and have a man who’s simply pretty much as good [as Henry] and be capable to have a chance to go win that document once more subsequent yr, that’s my purpose,” Conklin stated, by way of the Akron Beacon Journal. “I wish to assist us get there and assist Chubb attain that purpose and win that.”
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