The Browns placed running back Nick Chubb on injured reserve with with an MCL injury, head coach Kevin Stefanski announced. Fortunately, the injury is not season-ending, so Chubb is expected to return later on this year. Doctors believe Chubb will miss about six weeks, according to a source who spoke with ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter (on Twitter).
Chubb got rolled up on in scary fashion on Sunday when his knee twisted under a Cowboys defender. Fortunately, the injury was nowhere near as bad as it looked. An MRI on Monday morning confirmed that Chubb is only dealing with mild MCL damage and not a torn ACL.
Chubb, 25 in December, has been off to a tremendous start in 2020. Through four games, he’s got 335 rushing yards off of 57 carries, good for 5.9 yards per tote. Since entering the league as a second-rounder in 2018, Chubb has averaged an eye-popping 5.2 yards per attempt. Last year, Chubb came six yards shy of 1,500 en route to his first ever Pro Bowl selection.
Per league rules, Chubb will have to sit out for at least three weeks. At minimum, Chubb will miss upcoming games against the Colts, Steelers, and Bengals. In theory, he’ll be eligible to return on Nov. 1 when the Browns face the Raiders in Cleveland, but it’s likely that he’ll need additional time to recover. In the meantime, Kareem Hunt will assume RB1 duties, with support from D’Ernest Johnson, Dontrell Hilliard, and fullback Andy Janovich.
NOT YOU CHUBB!!!!!
Lousy news about Chubb. He’s been fun to watch even with some truly inept offensive scheming. I hope we get a chance to see this team click with this coaching staff with all its pieces together.
On the brighter side, I wasn’t familiar with D’Ernest Johnson, and I have to say that of all the jobs I’ve heard of football players taking while fighting for their chance to play, “Johnson spend the rest of 2018 fishing for mahi mahi in Key West with a friend” is one of the more fun versions I’ve seen.
Inept offensive scheming? They’ve scored 34+ points in three straight games. Hello??
I was talking about his first two years. I like this offensive scheme and hope we get more time to see it gelling without any important pieces missing.
They will now see that Hunt is the better back.
Hunt is really good but let’s not get crazy here