That might mean fewer deep passes for wide receivers, guys. 10 targets all season long? Defensive coordinators must be laughing at you!Ī few more screen passes to Chubb might really slow down the pass rush, which is currently killing Baker Mayfield. Gee coach, with numbers like that, why does the team want to be the team in the AFC North that has the fewest targets of its running backs, especially, Nick Chubb. Note that at the moment the five highest catch percentages belong to the Browns running backs: Chubb (100%), Johnny Stanton (100%), Felton, 92.9%, Hunt 83.3% and Johnson (78.6%). Related Story: Browns pass blocking is brutal What they don’t need is other wide receivers emulating OBJ’s desire to change the play calling and progressions in order to suit their personal whims.
That dream should be winding down by now. It’s obvious that Chubb’s numbers are out of whack, probably because of the Browns wanting to be something they are not, namely, a prolific deep strike offense featuring one handed catches by Odell Beckham, Jr. The Bengals also have three such backs: Joe Mixon (26), Samaje Perine (15) and Chris Evans (9). The Ravens, with all their injuries, have three backs with more than eight targets: Devonta Freeman (16), Ty’Son Williams (11) and even humongous Patrick Ricard (9). You can say Mayfield holds the ball too long, but when he is holding the ball too long, what he is not doing is throwing screens to Nick Chubb. The Steelers supposedly horrible offense line has given up 18 sacks to its immobile guy, while the Browns supposedly world class offensive line has let its guy get sacked 27 times. Consequently, the Steelers, with no offensive line, have been able to limit the sacks to Ben “The Gazelle” Roethlisberger to only 18. Why so adverse to screens to Nick Chubb, which might prolong the career of Baker Mayfield, who is being sacked at an alarming rate this season?īy comparison, rookie Najee Harris of the Steelers has been targeted 56 times and fullback Derek Watt has been targeted 15 times. Demetric Felton and D’Ernest Johnson have each been targeted14 times. Don’t the Browns trust him to catch the ball? He has only 10 targets and 10 receptions for a 100% catch percentage this season. Speaking of screen passes, why was Nick Chubb been targeted only 10 times this season? That’s an unbelievable stat. As for Demetric Felton, he has been crazy good operating as a change of pace back, and has juked a few linebackers out of their undershorts on screen passes. Maybe it has been a mistake to bury him on the bench. Meanwhile, D’Ernest Johnson has been with the team for three years and there he is, still averaging 5.2 yards per carry for his career. At the same time, Kareem Hunt can add just as many total yards from scrimmage as Landry. Jarvis Landry is capable of 1,000 receiving yards, but Nick Chubb can lead the NFL in rushing yards. What the Browns ought to be doing, even today, is preparing to lead the NFL in yards from scrimmage from running backs. No offense to Gary Collins and Paul Warfield, but the big guys lead the way in Cleveland. It’s about tough linemen like Frank Gatski, Lou Groza, Doug Dieken, Dick Schafrath and Gene Hickerson.
It’s about shutdown defense with players like Bill Willis, Bill Glass, Walter Johnson, Jerry Sherk, Bob Golic, Lyle Alzado and Clay Matthews. The Browns heritage is still about Marion Motley, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, Greg Pruitt, Earnest Byner, Kevin Mack, and now Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. It is just not easy to draft and train a distinctly above average NFL quarterback. Previous articles discussed the need for the Cleveland Browns having a normal policy of drafting quarterbacks in the mid and late rounds without freaking out over imaginary quarterback controversies and also pointing out that it’s very hard to replace starting quarterbacks in the NFL, so that if that Baker Mayfield is worth re-signing even if he is “only” about the 10th best quarterback in the NFL. To be direct and to the point, is Baker Mayfield willing to commit long-term to a team that doesn’t plan to give him the chance to lead the NFL in passing stats? Is he willing to let Nick Chubb lead him to the Super Bowl, or will his ego prevent him from being the second banana? The Browns may well lead the NFL in rushing yards but not passing yards.Īre egos going to be okay if that happens? This generation of Browns will be built around Nick Chubb as the dominant star of the team, rather than the quarterback.
#Nick chubb stts series
This article is the third in a series which discussses the role of the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. It’s suggested that the job of Browns quarterback ought to be to manage a run-first, natural turf, cold weather, power football team. The Cleveland Browns need to start running the ball early and often. By Elliot Kennel 8 months ago Follow Tweetįolks, there isn’t much room for debate.
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