How will Browns' Nick Chubb perform in 2021?
Yahoo Fantasy analyst Matt Harmon explains whether or not the Browns running back will be on track for a career year in 2021.
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MATT HARMON: Burning question for the Cleveland Browns in terms of fantasy football. Obviously, Nick Chubb is our consensus running back eight. That's right around where he's going in ADP. It feels pretty appropriate. But the question here is, is he more likely to finish outside the top-10 running backs and fall on the negative side there or swing all the way positive and be a top-five positional finisher in 2021?
Give me the positive range of outcomes for Nick Chubb. I think that's more likely than he falls outside the top 10. Number one, he checks every box that you want from a running back. He's gonna get a ton of work. This is a run-first offense. He's a stud. He's good at the game. Look at any efficiency metric that you can find to figure that out or just use your eyeballs and watch the games.
Plays with an awesome run-blocking offensive line. They were one of the best in 2020. See no reason for them to fall off. And he's also just playing on an efficient offense. Kevin Stefanski has this offensive system firing on all cylinders.
I like the way the Browns are looking as a potential playoff team again in 2021. Would you know that? What a time to be alive. You want the guy that's working on a high-end offense. And also the injury upside here.
Everybody talks about Kareem Hunt. If something happens to Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt's gonna be firing on all cylinders. He's gonna be a stud. The same can be said for Nick Chubb and the guy that he's splitting the backfield with. So there's so many paths for Nick Chubb to have a special, top-five running back season. I just don't see many outcomes where he finishes outside the top 10, barring that he, of course, stays healthy.
