~ AND ~ ? only 204 days and now 92 ? 57 ? 32 ? 19 ? YES really ! And still counting... ? ....?
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Our cornerback trend continues, as we are now Hanford Dixon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Dixon was a 1981 first round pick (#22 overall, back when the Browns picking #22 overall wasn't a dumpster fire) out of Southern Mississippi, and would pair up with Frank Minnifield in the mid to late 1980s to form one of the best cornerback duos ever. Hanford is well known as the person behind naming the bleacher section at Cleveland Stadium the "Dawg Pound", and he went to three Pro Bowls in a row (1986-88). He still is a Cleveland presence, seen on Browns pregame shows for years now.
Our cornerback trend continues, as we are now Hanford Dixon days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Dixon was a 1981 first round pick (#22 overall, back when the Browns picking #22 overall wasn't a dumpster fire) out of Southern Mississippi, and would pair up with Frank Minnifield in the mid to late 1980s to form one of the best cornerback duos ever. Hanford is well known as the person behind naming the bleacher section at Cleveland Stadium the "Dawg Pound", and he went to three Pro Bowls in a row (1986-88). He still is a Cleveland presence, seen on Browns pregame shows for years now.
Oh yes what do 29 + 31 equal ? How about Dixon and Minnifield were selected by NFL.com as the No 2 "Best Cornerback Tandem of All-Time." . That's pretty good !
They led a really exciting era of Cleveland BROWNS football when they played together on the field from the 1980s to early 1990s. You couldn't wait to get your tickets to the game oe better yet in the venerable Cleveland "Dawg Pound" zone known across the football world and even on the cover of Sports Magazines everywhere.
And on TV home or away you just couldn't wait for ● GAMEDAY ● and maybe even a get-together with friends whether it's Thursday, Sunday or Monday Night it was just 60 minutes of waiting to see what Bernie Kosar and the offense would do and then turn it over to the Cleveland defense and see what magic might happens next.
It's the stuff that makes and sustains we Cleveland BROWNS football fans year after year and from generation after generation. And we'd watch the 5' 9" #31 and our 5' 11" #29 in the defensive backfield doing their thing was so much fun ...... we'd hope they'd never end ...... but eventually they did.
Hanford Dixon has kept very active in the local and regional sports picture and online. Dixon remains a visible presence on the football front in Cleveland, as he is a football analyst for WOIO-TV 19 (CBS) in Cleveland, and the color analyst for the high school football game of the week on FS Ohio. He has a podcast with former Browns QB Bernie Kosar called "The Bernie Kosar Show with Handford Dixon" on the BIGPLAY Network.
Dutch, syd, *Flugs and others do *give you even more on stats and things, /I'm just going back in time today. And I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And I can't wait for Mr #28.
* And see various revisions and updates on 8/14/2023 and other dates. *AND OF COURSE, as always ......
GO BROWNS !
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Well we've broken the four week mark, as we are now Thom Darden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season starts. Darden was a Browns first round pick (#18 overall) from TTUN, and he played his entire career at safety for the Browns, retiring after the 1981 season. He went to the 1978 Pro Bowl, and finished as the all-time Browns interception leader with 45.
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Well we've broken the four week mark, as we are now Thom Darden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season starts. Darden was a Browns first round pick (#18 overall) from TTUN, and he played his entire career at safety for the Browns, retiring after the 1981 season. He went to the 1978 Pro Bowl, and finished as the all-time Browns interception leader with 45.
Well we've broken the four week mark, as we are now Thom Darden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season starts. Darden was a Browns first round pick (#18 overall) from TTUN, and he played his entire career at safety for the Browns, retiring after the 1981 season. He went to the 1978 Pro Bowl, and finished as the all-time Browns interception leader with 45.
Hey ..... Mr Thom Darden #27 from the unofficial roller coaster capital of the USA ..... none other than Sandusky, OH-IO. ~ AND ~ Mr Thom is exactly one month older than ME at 72 born on August 28 , 1950, now how about that.
★ He as our resident bio & stat guru Dutch pointed out is has the ~ CLEVELAND BROWNS INT ~ record at 45 despite missing one year in 1975 with a knee injury. He also had his BEST YEAR IN 1978 OF 10 INTS when the BROWNS went to 16 games. Funny how records get surpassed in those years the extra 2 or so games do help records ..... good pick Dutch.
And the ~ BROWNS INTERCEPTION RECORD LIST ~ just might surprise you a bit who is on it to the top 10 or 20 or 24. In fact here is the list from 45 to 17 INTS. Take a look for yourself ..... some of our ★TOP COUNTDOWN PLAYERS ★ are right there ...... somewhere
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles Rk Player From To G Pos AV Int
▼Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Sk Comb Solo Ast TFL QBHits Sfty 1 Thom Darden 1972 1981 128 FS 66 45 820 2 49 6 9 32 1 0.0 2 Warren Lahr 1949 1959 124 LDH 44 562 5 42 1 4 23 0 0.0 3 Clarence Scott 1971 1983 186 LCB 85 39 407 2 49 1 11 0 0 3.0 4 Tommy James 1948 1955 94 RDH 34 309 1 36 0 5 44 1 0.0 5 Ken Konz 1953 1959 84 LS 30 392 4 54 2 6 32 0 0.0 6 Cliff Lewis 1946 1951 71 DB 30 266 0 20 3 2 0 0 0.0 7 Bernie Parrish 1959 1966 94 LCB 55 29 557 3 92 0 5 34 1 3.0 8 Ross Fichtner 1960 1967 102 LS 45 27 581 3 88 1 3 0 0 0.0 9 Mike Howell 1965 1972 102 DB 44 27 252 0 68 1 2 0 0 2.0 10 Hanford Dixon 1981 1989 131 RCB 83 26 225 0 37 2 4 0 0 2.0 11 Felix Wright 1985 1990 92 FS 28 26 469 2 68 1 6 0 0 0.0 12 Don Paul 1954 1958 59 RDH 22 389 1 42 2 6 106 1 0.0 13 Frank Minnifield 1984 1992 122 LCB 73 20 124 0 27 0 7 16 0 0.0 14 Jim Shofner 1958 1963 76 RCB 31 20 219 0 35 4 7 7 0 0.0 15 Joe Haden 2010 2016 90 DB 47 19 231 1 62 101 4 1 4 34 0 2.0 306 71 3 1 16 Erich Barnes 1965 1971 85 LCB 38 18 414 3 55 1 3 0 0 0.0 17 Tom Colella 1946 1948 41 P 18 274 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 18 Vince Costello 1957 1966 130 MLB 51 18 245 0 31 0 8 54 2 1.5 19 Earl Little 1999 2004 86 DB 26 18 126 0 28 37 2 3 2 14 0 1.0 232 68 7 20 Ron Bolton 1976 1982 90 LCB 33 17 211 1 43 0 7 45 0 0.0 21 Ben Davis 1967 1973 75 RCB 38 17 232 0 44 6 5 23 0 0.0 22 Anthony Henry 2001 2004 61 RCB 22 17 283 1 97 49 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 210 40 4 23 Ernie Kellermann 1966 1971 81 LS 34 17 119 1 40 1 4 0 0 0.0 24 Eric Turner 1991 1995 63 FS 36 17 272 2 93 -
We've had a good run of very good defensive backs, but now we will turn our attention to one of the most underrated Browns receivers in history, as we are now Ray Renfro days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Renfro was a 1952 fourth round pick of the Browns out of North Texas State University, and he started as a halfback before switching to flanker. Perhaps because he came after legends like Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie and before loved Browns receivers Gary Collins and Paul Warfield he kind of is forgotten now, but Renfro put up some crazy numbers. He might have been the guy who was the inspiration for the phrase "big chunk plays", because he only averaged two catches a game throughout his career, but he averaged almost 20 yards a catch! He played his entire career with the Browns (1952-63), playing in five NFL Championships, where he scored three touchdowns. He finished his career with 281 receptions for a staggering 5508 yard (19.6 per catch) and 50 touchdowns.
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Well we've broken the four week mark, as we are now Thom Darden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season starts. Darden was a Browns first round pick (#18 overall) from TTUN, and he played his entire career at safety for the Browns, retiring after the 1981 season. He went to the 1978 Pro Bowl, and finished as the all-time Browns interception leader with 45.
Well we've broken the four week mark, as we are now Thom Darden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season starts. Darden was a Browns first round pick (#18 overall) from TTUN, and he played his entire career at safety for the Browns, retiring after the 1981 season. He went to the 1978 Pro Bowl, and finished as the all-time Browns interception leader with 45.
Very solid Safety for the Browns. So many times when his name comes up today someone will say something like "I forgot about him - he was a great player for us." I collected football cards back in the day and it helped me remember a lot of guys better over the years. Sometimes when the decades blend, I can go back to them to make sure I'm in the right decade if I'm discussing somebody in here.
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Game 4 is a ways away - 10/1/2023 is some 6 weeks - but this seems important for Baltimore.
They're already starting street UDFA's at CB.. couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
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When you have sports played by humans, you are going to have "What Could Have Been?" stories. Sometimes due to injuries, or tragic accidents, and sometimes because a player's demons derail their athletic prowess. Today we are Charles White days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. White was one of the greatest college RBs in history, at USC he ran for 6245 yards and won the Heisman Trophy in 1979. The Browns made him their first round pick in the 1980 Draft, but were unaware that White had a cocaine habit, and the five seasons he played in Cleveland (four actually, he missed one entire season due to injury) were a disappointment. He had a pedestrian 3.4 yards per carry and didn't break 1000 yards rushing total, but did add 83 receptions and 684 yards, and had 10 total touchdowns. He was released prior to the 1985 season and would go home to Los Angeles to reunite with his USC head coach John Robinson, who was now coaching the Rams. He would finally have a great NFL season in 1987 when he rushed for 1387 yards and went to the Pro Bowl. He would retire following the 1988 season. White passed away earlier this year from liver cancer at age 64.
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When you have sports played by humans, you are going to have "What Could Have Been?" stories. Sometimes due to injuries, or tragic accidents, and sometimes because a player's demons derail their athletic prowess. Today we are Charles White days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. White was one of the greatest college RBs in history, at USC he ran for 6245 yards and won the Heisman Trophy in 1979. The Browns made him their first round pick in the 1980 Draft, but were unaware that White had a cocaine habit, and the five seasons he played in Cleveland (four actually, he missed one entire season due to injury) were a disappointment. He had a pedestrian 3.4 yards per carry and didn't break 1000 yards rushing total, but did add 83 receptions and 684 yards, and had 10 total touchdowns. He was released prior to the 1985 season and would go home to Los Angeles to reunite with his USC head coach John Robinson, who was now coaching the Rams. He would finally have a great NFL season in 1987 when he rushed for 1387 yards and went to the Pro Bowl. He would retire following the 1988 season. White passed away earlier this year from liver cancer at age 64.
White passed away earlier this year from liver cancer at age 64.
Damn
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We've had a good run of very good defensive backs, but now we will turn our attention to one of the most underrated Browns receivers in history, as we are now Ray Renfro days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Renfro was a 1952 fourth round pick of the Browns out of North Texas State University, and he started as a halfback before switching to flanker. Perhaps because he came after legends like Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie and before loved Browns receivers Gary Collins and Paul Warfield he kind of is forgotten now, but Renfro put up some crazy numbers. He might have been the guy who was the inspiration for the phrase "big chunk plays", because he only averaged two catches a game throughout his career, but he averaged almost 20 yards a catch! He played his entire career with the Browns (1952-63), playing in five NFL Championships, where he scored three touchdowns. He finished his career with 281 receptions for a staggering 5508 yard (19.6 per catch) and 50 touchdowns.
We've had a good run of very good defensive backs, but now we will turn our attention to one of the most underrated Browns receivers in history, as we are now Ray Renfro days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Renfro was a 1952 fourth round pick of the Browns out of North Texas State University, and he started as a halfback before switching to flanker. Perhaps because he came after legends like Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie and before loved Browns receivers Gary Collins and Paul Warfield he kind of is forgotten now, but Renfro put up some crazy numbers. He might have been the guy who was the inspiration for the phrase "big chunk plays", because he only averaged two catches a game throughout his career, but he averaged almost 20 yards a catch! He played his entire career with the Browns (1952-63), playing in five NFL Championships, where he scored three touchdowns. He finished his career with 281 receptions for a staggering 5508 yard (19.6 per catch) and 50 touchdowns.
Now #26 Ray Renfro an excellent choice of a great football player and position coach and many other contributions to football at all levels. A great guy and father to one pretty good #82 Mike Renfro, Houston Oilers and later Dallas Cowboys player #82 at both.
And I remember #26 Ray Renfro with the BROWNS. 1952-1963 when I was a young teenager and later #82 Mike Renfro especially with Dallas from 1978-1987.. Early and later NFL football years for me.
The Renfro families are heavily involved in football and other sports.
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It's Preseason Game #3 tonight, and that brings us to everyone's favorite current Browns player, Nick Chubb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Chubb was a second round pick out of Georgia in 2018, where he ran for 4769 yards and 44 touchdowns in four seasons. He started his rookie season as the backup to Carlos Hyde, but proved too talented to sit and Hyde was traded in October of the 2018 season to allow Chubb to start. Shortly after, Chubb would rip off a team-record 92 yard touchdown vs the Falcons. In his next four seasons, he'd be named to the Pro Bowl. While he just missed a 1000 yard season in his rookie season, he has averaged 5.0 or more yards per carry in all five seasons. For his career, he's rushed for 6341 yards at 5.2 yards a carry and 48 touchdowns. He's added 119 receptions for another 990 yards and four more touchdowns.
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Syd beat me to it, but we are in fact Joe Haden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Haden was the Browns first round pick (#7 overall) from the University of Florida, and would play seven years in Cleveland. He would go to back-to-back Pro Bowls in 2013 and 2014, and record 19 interceptions with the Browns. In the middle of the Browns 2016/2017 tank job they would cut Haden, and he'd quickly sign with the Steelers, where he'd play the final five seasons of his career, going to another Pro Bowl in 2019. On September 21, 2022, Haden signed a one day contract with the Browns and retired.
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Syd beat me to it, but we are in fact Joe Haden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Haden was the Browns first round pick (#7 overall) from the University of Florida, and would play seven years in Cleveland. He would go to back-to-back Pro Bowls in 2013 and 2014, and record 19 interceptions with the Browns. In the middle of the Browns 2016/2017 tank job they would cut Haden, and he'd quickly sign with the Steelers, where he'd play the final five seasons of his career, going to another Pro Bowl in 2019. On September 21, 2022, Haden signed a one day contract with the Browns and retired.
Syd beat me to it, but we are in fact Joe Haden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Haden was the Browns first round pick (#7 overall) from the University of Florida, and would play seven years in Cleveland. He would go to back-to-back Pro Bowls in 2013 and 2014, and record 19 interceptions with the Browns. In the middle of the Browns 2016/2017 tank job they would cut Haden, and he'd quickly sign with the Steelers, where he'd play the final five seasons of his career, going to another Pro Bowl in 2019. On September 21, 2022, Haden signed a one day contract with the Browns and retired.
Glad you and Syd gave Joe Haden the respect he deserves.
Aside from his cover skills, he was also one of the best open field tacklers we've had at the corner position during my lifetime. Not only that, this guy was fearless in run support quite often throwing himself into the teeth of the point of attack to make the tackle. Unfortunately that was the type of stuff that made it seem like he was forever playing through nagging injuries. Playing through injuries used to be an admirable quality in football before Joe did it apparently. This guy was a great one IMO.
Cincy's 7 time Pro Bowl WR AJ Green called Joe Haden the toughest Corner to match up with. Knowing their battles went all the way back into the SEC - that says all it has to about how good Joe Haden was...
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Top o' the morning to all you lads, we find ourselves at Clarence Scott days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Scott grew up in Decatur, Georgia a Browns fan, and after attending college at Kansas State his favorite team selected him in the first round (#14 overall) of the 1971 Draft. Scott would play his entire career with the Browns, first as a starting cornerback ('71-78), then moving to safety ('79-83). He would go to the Pro Bowl in 1973, and the Browns would go to the playoffs four times during Scott's time with them. Scott had 39 career interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries.
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Syd beat me to it, but we are in fact Joe Haden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Haden was the Browns first round pick (#7 overall) from the University of Florida, and would play seven years in Cleveland. He would go to back-to-back Pro Bowls in 2013 and 2014, and record 19 interceptions with the Browns. In the middle of the Browns 2016/2017 tank job they would cut Haden, and he'd quickly sign with the Steelers, where he'd play the final five seasons of his career, going to another Pro Bowl in 2019. On September 21, 2022, Haden signed a one day contract with the Browns and retired.
Syd beat me to it, but we are in fact Joe Haden days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Haden was the Browns first round pick (#7 overall) from the University of Florida, and would play seven years in Cleveland. He would go to back-to-back Pro Bowls in 2013 and 2014, and record 19 interceptions with the Browns. In the middle of the Browns 2016/2017 tank job they would cut Haden, and he'd quickly sign with the Steelers, where he'd play the final five seasons of his career, going to another Pro Bowl in 2019. On September 21, 2022, Haden signed a one day contract with the Browns and retired.
syd, Dutch and Flugs all were right on the money with #23 Joe Haden a class act all the way around and from a talented family.
Haden was born in Fort Washington, Maryland to parents Joe and Zakiya Haden. He is the eldest of five boys; his brother Josh was a running back for Boston College, his brother Jordan played safety for Toledo, and his brother Jonathan played running back for UAB. His brother Jacob suffers from a cognitive disorder and struggles to verbally communicate. Haden advocates on behalf of Spread the Word to End the Word to discourage pejorative use of the word "retarded."
And of course this one mentioned by Dutch, a real class act.
On September 21, 2022, Haden announced his retirement and signed a one-day contract with the Cleveland Browns.
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Top o' the morning to all you lads, we find ourselves at Clarence Scott days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Scott grew up in Decatur, Georgia a Browns fan, and after attending college at Kansas State his favorite team selected him in the first round (#14 overall) of the 1971 Draft. Scott would play his entire career with the Browns, first as a starting cornerback ('71-78), then moving to safety ('79-83). He would go to the Pro Bowl in 1973, and the Browns would go to the playoffs four times during Scott's time with them. Scott had 39 career interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries.
Top o' the morning to all you lads, we find ourselves at Clarence Scott days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Scott grew up in Decatur, Georgia a Browns fan, and after attending college at Kansas State his favorite team selected him in the first round (#14 overall) of the 1971 Draft. Scott would play his entire career with the Browns, first as a starting cornerback ('71-78), then moving to safety ('79-83). He would go to the Pro Bowl in 1973, and the Browns would go to the playoffs four times during Scott's time with them. Scott had 39 career interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries.
Well if nothing else #22. Clarence Scott would win this spot based appearances alone as a Cleveland BROWNS player with 85 only #22 Felix Wright would come a distant second at 28 not close enough.
The other thing his favorite team growing up was the Cleveland BROWNS with Jim Brown not a bad choice. He was thrilled when the BROWNS selected him in the first round ...... however
Scott was thrilled to be drafted by his favorite team, the Cleveland Browns, with the 14th overall pick in the 1971 NFL draft. He was the first defensive back selected in 1971.
Cleveland fans initially did not share Scott’s happiness, as they wanted the team to draft Ohio State’s Jack Tatum.
Scott was thrilled to be drafted by his favorite team, the Cleveland Browns, with the 14th overall pick in the 1971 NFL draft. He was the first defensive back selected.
Cleveland fans initially did not share Scott’s happiness, as they wanted the team to draft Ohio State’s Jack Tatum.
Cleveland fans didn’t know who I was. The Browns needed a cornerback, though. Tatum was a safety. Erich Barnes was in his last year, and I replaced him. So when I ran out onto the field before our only preseason home game, the fans booed. I wasn’t upset about it either. I understood. Tatum was from Ohio State, and I was from Kansas State.”
However, Scott quickly won the support of Browns fans.
In his first NFL regular season game, against the Houston Oilers on September 19, 1971, Scott intercepted two passes, which he returned for 27 yards.
Cleveland shut out the Oilers 31-0.
The following week, Scott had another interception, as the Browns defeated the Baltimore Colts 14-13 on September 26, 1971.
Scott was part of a Cleveland defense that held the Colts to only 41 “net pass yards”.
For his rookie season in 1971 (playing at a height of six feet and a weight of 190 pounds), Scott played in and started 13 regular season games at left cornerback.
He intercepted four passes, which he returned for 47 yards.
With a 9-5 record, Cleveland won the AFC Central Division title in 1971.
Scott contributed to the Browns defense ranking in the NFL regular season in 1971 tied for eighth in total recovered turnovers (40), fourth in fewest passing yards allowed (1,967), and eighth in intercepted passes (24).
Cleveland advanced to the playoffs to play the Baltimore Colts on December 26, 1971.
Scott started the game at left cornerback, but the Browns lost to the Colts 20-3.
After the game, Cleveland owner Art Modell came up to Scott in the locker room.
“He said, ‘You’re going to be here a long time,’ and I said, ‘Thank you, sir, I appreciate that.’ And I was there a long time.”
And the rest is * BROWNS history ..... for a long time. Good pick. God I love this thread, it's history ..... BROWNS history.
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It's Preseason Game #3 tonight, and that brings us to everyone's favorite current Browns player, Nick Chubb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Chubb was a second round pick out of Georgia in 2018, where he ran for 4769 yards and 44 touchdowns in four seasons. He started his rookie season as the backup to Carlos Hyde, but proved too talented to sit and Hyde was traded in October of the 2018 season to allow Chubb to start. Shortly after, Chubb would rip off a team-record 92 yard touchdown vs the Falcons. In his next four seasons, he'd be named to the Pro Bowl. While he just missed a 1000 yard season in his rookie season, he has averaged 5.0 or more yards per carry in all five seasons. For his career, he's rushed for 6341 yards at 5.2 yards a carry and 48 touchdowns. He's added 119 receptions for another 990 yards and four more touchdowns.
It's Preseason Game #3 tonight, and that brings us to everyone's favorite current Browns player, Nick Chubb days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Chubb was a second round pick out of Georgia in 2018, where he ran for 4769 yards and 44 touchdowns in four seasons. He started his rookie season as the backup to Carlos Hyde, but proved too talented to sit and Hyde was traded in October of the 2018 season to allow Chubb to start. Shortly after, Chubb would rip off a team-record 92 yard touchdown vs the Falcons. In his next four seasons, he'd be named to the Pro Bowl. While he just missed a 1000 yard season in his rookie season, he has averaged 5.0 or more yards per carry in all five seasons. For his career, he's rushed for 6341 yards at 5.2 yards a carry and 48 touchdowns. He's added 119 receptions for another 990 yards and four more touchdowns.
Yes ..... #24 Nick Chubb is no doubt the real deal bar none. Probably the best RB in the NFL for years now and has the body to prove it.
This is just one of many out there to prove it. SO, do you want to tackle this 1 on 1 in the open field ? Yeah, right.
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