We heard last week that Nick Chubb‘s agent had started extension talks with the Browns. Although Chubb said he wasn’t putting a deadline on things which seemed to imply it could come during the season, it sounds like it may happen sooner than that.
Chubb could get his extension done before the beginning of the season, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes. Kay Cabot says there’s mutual affection between the two sides, “which should translate to an extension.” It sounds like both Chubb and the Browns want to get something done, so don’t expect this to drag on too long.
Interestingly, Kay Cabot writes that she believes Cleveland “will negotiate an incentive-laden deal” with Chubb that gives them some protection in case he declines, in the wake of several other high profile running backs who have landed huge contracts and then fizzled.
The 2018 second-round pick is currently set to enter the final year of his rookie deal. Whenever he gets a new contract he’ll want to become one of the league’s highest-paid rushers, and deservedly so. Despite ceding some carries to Kareem Hunt, Chubb has rushed for over 2,500 yards in 28 games over the past two years, averaging well over five yards per carry.
In 2019, he led the NFL in rushing with 1,494 yards. Last season he led the league in rushing touchdowns with 12, despite playing only 12 games while dealing with an MCL injury. He’ll turn 26 in December.
4 years 44 million with incentives to make 3 mil extra per year. Could max out as 4 year 56 million sounds like a win win
i’m a browns fan and a chubb fan, but henry edged chubb for the ‘19 rushing title by like 45 yards
Henry played a game less as well so presumably the margin would have been larger had he played all 16 games.
exactly
Chubb missed 4 games last year so he would have finished higher in the rushing title
Henry nor Chubb played the full season.
Henry was on the field 68% of the time for Titans.
Chubb was on the field 38% of the time for Cleveland
Nick has a fat Lil BBC
“fat lil”….that English class really paid off for someone