Can Nick Chubb Remain the Featured Star in Browns Offensive Attack?

While the Cleveland Browns spent resources acquiring talent to supply weapons for Deshaun Watson, one national reporter believes Nick Chubb will continue to be the featured player in the Browns offense.

With Deshaun Watson playing a full season and with the additions of receivers Elijah Moore and Cedrick Tillman, it begs the question if whether or not Nick Chubb will remain the focal point of the offense for the Cleveland Browns.

Well one national reporter seems to think the answer is yes. According to the MMQB's Matt Verderame, Nick Chubb was the veteran player that he walked away from Monday's practice the most impressed with. As part of their coverage of all 32 NFL training camp, Verderame was in Berea on Monday to visit the team and watch practice.

You can read Matt's full article here.

In his article he stated that the All-Pro running back seemed to be running on a dry field even though the field was wet from the pouring rain that had occurred both before and during practice. He said that Chubb looked explosive and his cuts were precise. 

He specifically referenced a play during team period where Chubb took a handoff running right, before making a jump cut, and planting his foot while bursting through the left side, going untouched for a would-be touchdown, but slid down inside the 5-yard line for fun. The play seemed to draw many gasps of disbelief from the crowd on hand.

Perhaps Chubb was just having a little fun with the slide down inside the five, or maybe the team was practicing a scenario that has come up twice in Nick Chubb's career. In 2020, Chubb executed his situational awareness against the Texans when rather than scoring, he decided to slide down to help the team run out the clock against them. 

The scenario presented itself a little differently last year when Chubb scored, putting the Browns up by 13 points, with under two minutes to go against the New York Jets. The Jets would somehow go on to that miraculous victory, but after the game some fans criticized Chubb for scoring instead of attempting to go down so that the Browns could run out the clock.

Regardless of who ultimately ends up being the focal point of the Browns offense, I am certain that Nick Chubb will have a very prominent role in it provided he remains healthy.