A Cleveland Browns reunion with free agent working again Nick Chubb is “more and more unlikely,” basic supervisor Andrew Berry mentioned Friday morning, after the group added two working backs within the NFL draft.
Chubb, who ranks third on the Browns’ profession dashing checklist, stays unsigned after spending the primary seven years of his profession in Cleveland. The Browns drafted Ohio State’s Quinshon Judkins within the second spherical of the draft and Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson within the fourth spherical.
“I would not rule something out, however I might say that it is in all probability more and more unlikely,” Berry instructed 92.3 The Fan. “We do have two younger guys that we preferred. We predict Jerome [Ford] performs a job. It is principally type of possibly seeing how the roles shake out within the working again room.
“You are by no means going to rule out somebody as close to and expensive to our coronary heart as Nick, and I might count on him to take one other step being a yr faraway from the knee damage. However I would say a return is much less seemingly, no less than within the brief time period, with us proper now.”
Berry mentioned he saved involved with Chubb and his representatives main into final month’s draft however hasn’t been in “robust communication” since then.
Chubb, 29, missed the primary six video games of the 2024 season as he continued to rehab the extreme knee damage he suffered in Week 2 of the 2023 season.
In eight video games, Chubb struggled to regain his prior Professional Bowl kind. He ran for 332 yards and recorded profession lows in yards per carry (3.3), yards after contact per rush (1.85) and share of carries that gained no less than 10 yards (4.9%) earlier than a damaged foot in Week 15 ended his season.
Berry mentioned Chubb’s damaged foot has healed and isn’t a priority.
Earlier than the knee damage, Chubb was one of the crucial productive backs within the NFL. A four-time Professional Bowl choice, he had rushed for greater than 1,000 yards in 4 straight seasons earlier than 2023, together with a career-high 1,525 in 2022. Regardless of his struggles in 2024, Chubb remains to be averaging 5.1 yards per carry in his profession, second solely to Jamaal Charles (5.4) for the best within the Tremendous Bowl period (minimal 1,000 rushes).
