Brendan Gulick details how the Browns have adapted to losing Nick Chubb
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00:00 Obviously this, this Browns team really relied on, on Nick Chubb.
00:03 I mean, why wouldn't you one of, if not the best running back in the entire NFL?
00:09 So how, how really has the running game adapted without Nick Chubb?
00:13 Obviously Kareem hunt re-signs, but, but how has this Browns team been able to
00:18 continue to run the ball without one of their best, if not their best player?
00:21 Uh, I would say they have tried really hard and they've moderately adapted,
00:27 but you, you just, you can't replace a guy like Nick Chubb with one dude.
00:32 It just doesn't really work that way.
00:34 He's, he's too talented.
00:35 He is, he's too elite.
00:38 You're not going to make up all those carries with one guy.
00:40 I think the Browns need help at running back.
00:44 Frankly, um, there was, it was a lot of smoke about, Hey, if Jonathan Taylor
00:49 really wants out of Indianapolis, like let's make a deal, let's figure this out.
00:54 Um, obviously that, that didn't pan out, you know, um, the, the Browns
01:00 like their running back room.
01:02 At least that's what they've said externally.
01:04 And I, I do believe that they genuinely liked Jerome Ford, uh, and, and certainly
01:10 seem to think highly of Kareem hunt, you know, the way they brought him back.
01:13 Um, it's, it's just frustrating because they have not been able to run the football
01:19 the same way they did with Chubb.
01:21 That's to me, that's their Achilles heel right now.
01:24 You know, assuming Deshaun comes back soon and this offense can, can figure it
01:29 out a little bit through the air because Deshaun hadn't played
01:32 magnificent football either.
01:34 I mean, he was fine.
01:35 Um, I didn't look at him and think, Whoa, this guy's a liability.
01:39 Um, but he, you know, he needs to keep taking steps forward.
01:44 Um, but there is, there is a hole right now on this team at running back.
01:49 And I don't mean that personally towards Jerome Ford or Kareem hunt.
01:53 Um, I actually thought they ran better last week against San
01:56 Francisco than I expected, frankly.
01:58 Um, I'm, I'm hopeful that'll be a good jumping off point, but it has been, uh,
02:04 it has been troublesome here running the ball ever since Chubb got hurt.