4 months agoCleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (knee) has been the best pure runner in the league over the last six seasons. He has averaged at least 5.0 yards per carry every year he has been in the league, and he finished first in yards after contact per attempt in 2018, 2019, and 2020 (min. 150 carries), which is an efficiency metric that tells how many yards a running back gets beyond what the offensive line blocks for. He finished second in 2021 and 2022. Plain and simple, Chubb is the best pound-for-pound runner in football. He was on his way to another stellar season when it was derailed by a devastating knee injury in Week 2. Chubb tore the MCL in his left knee, which had already been repaired once from a similar injury in his second season at Georgia (torn MCL, PCL, and LCL), as well as his ACL and meniscus. It was a gruesome injury, but fortunately not career-threatening as originally feared. In his first press conference since the injury, Chubb told the media that "I'm right where I need to be" and that "my goal is to be back out there," but it appears increasingly likely that he will not be ready for the start of the season as he did not give a timeline for his return. Chubb has been sprinting and doing agility work. According to Browns general manager Andrew Berry, he has "a little way to go" with his rehab. The most likely scenario is that Chubb starts the season on the Physically Unable to Perform List, which would cost him at least the first four games of the regular season. Chubb's ADP currently sits at RB39 on Yahoo in the 10th or 11th round, right in front of his backup Jerome Ford, but their positions should flip if Chubb does indeed wind up on the PUP list to start the season. Early drafters should take caution and only draft Chubb as a luxury pick that does not need to be relied on. Update 08/26/24: Chubb will remain on the Physically Unable to Perform list and will miss Cleveland's first four games of the regular season.--Frank Dyevoich, Esq.