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Daniel Oyefusi
A Cleveland Browns meeting with the free agent who runs behind Nick Chubb He is “increasingly unlikely,” said the general manager Andrew Berry on Friday morning, after the team added two backs in the draft of the NFL.
Chubb, who is in third place in the Browns career list, remains not signed after spending the first seven years of his career in Cleveland. The browns drafted Ohio State‘S Quinshon Judkins in the second round of the draft e Tennessee‘S Dylan Sampson in the fourth round.
“I wouldn’t want to exclude anything, but I would say that it is probably increasingly unlikely,” Berry said at 92.3 The Fan. “We have two young guys we liked. We think Girolamo [Ford] Play a role. Basically it is perhaps seeing how the roles shake in the room on the back.
“You will never exclude someone so close and dear to our heart as Nick, and I would expect that he takes another step in one year removed from the knee injury. But I would say that a return is less likely, at least in the short term, with us right now.”
Berry said he had kept in touch with Chubb and his representatives who led to the draft last month, but since then he has not been in “strong communication”.
Chubb, 29 years old, lost the first six games of the 2024 season while continued to rehabilitate the serious knee injury he suffered in week 2 of the 2023 season.
In eight games, Chubb has fought to regain his previous form of Pro Bowl. He ran for 332 yard and recorded career minimum in yard for Carry (3,3), IARDE after contact for race (1.85) and the percentage of Carry who earned at least 10 yard (4.9%) before a broken foot in the week 15 ended his season.
Berry said Chubb’s broken foot has healed and it’s not a problem.
Before the knee accident, Chubb was one of the most productive backs of the NFL. A four -time Pro Bowl selection had rushed for more than 1,000 Yard in four consecutive seasons before 2023, including a maximum of 1,525 in 2022. Despite his struggles in 2024, Chubb is still an average of 5.1 yard per career, second only to Jamaal Charles (5.4) for the highest in the Super Bowl era (minimum 1,000 filler).