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Odell Beckham Jr. #13 of the Cleveland Browns celebrates with Jarvis Landry #80 of the Cleveland Browns after Landry caught a 7-yard landing cross within the first quarter in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at FirstEnergy Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Cleveland Browns have a uncommon luxurious of getting an extra of Professional Bowl caliber gamers at ability positions on offense.
At working again, it’s Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. At extensive receiver, it’s Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. For a fantasy soccer participant, generally it may be exhausting to decide on, however Nick Chubb has some recommendation in relation to the Browns pass-catchers. If it was his name, he’d snag up Landry with decide.
Chubb revealed his reasoning to ESPN’s Matthew Berry.
“For one, Odell, he’s gonna have these video games the place he goes loopy—4 touchdowns, 200 yards, stuff like that. It’s exhausting to cross on that,” Chubb mentioned (h/t Bleacher report). “However you get Juice, you gonna get constant, one-two touchdowns a sport, 80 yards receiving. Me, I don’t actually like playing, so I’ll most likely need to go together with Juice.”
Chubb isn’t improper. Whereas Landry and Beckham ended up with comparable stats, Landry was the extra constant participant, offering a gentle stream of manufacturing on his method to a career-high 1,174 yards and 6 touchdowns. Beckham had three video games the place he completed with lower than 40 yards, however did explode for a 161 yards sport in opposition to the Jets with a landing. It was OBJ’s solely landing by means of the primary 10 video games.
Regardless of breaking the 1,000-yard barrier final season, Beckham didn’t dwell as much as the wild expectations set for him. He completed his first season in Cleveland with 1,035 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Each extensive receivers had surgical procedure within the offseason and may have an excellent shot at being productive fantasy gamers subsequent season.
Nick Chubb Constructing Off Professional Bowl Yr
Chubb will undoubtedly be a excessive fantasy decide after being the intense spot throughout the Browns disappointing 6-10 marketing campaign a 12 months in the past. He got here up simply in need of the dashing title, watching Titans RB Derrick Henry surge by him with a 211-yard efficiency within the season finale.
Chubb totaled simply 86 yards over the ultimate two weeks — principally because of inconsistent play-calling — ending the 12 months with 1,494 yards and eight touchdowns.
Chubb is a soft-spoken, business-first sort of participant. He doesn’t typically do interviews however wasn’t scared to share a blunt perspective on the Jim Rome Present to interrupt down why issues went awry in a rush.
“I mentioned it earlier than, I feel we thought we had been lots higher than we had been. We thought it was going to only occur for us, we didn’t truly put the work in. We obtained this man, and this man, you understand we’re straight, so we don’t want to truly work, it’s going to occur for us.
“Arduous work beats expertise when expertise doesn’t work. I feel that’s precisely what it was with us.”
Nick Chubb Attracts Reward From Kevin Stefanski
Chubb is a key piece of the Browns future and head coach Kevin Stefanski was not shy to heap reward on the previous Georgia again.
“He’s a cultural tone-setter. I like every part about him,” Stefanski mentioned on the Bull and Fox present on 92.three The Fan. “Simply doesn’t say a lot. He involves work and does his job. There’s a method to lead with out being a rah-rah man. You don’t need to be making speeches. His teammates are very, very keenly conscious when [he’s] within the constructing and on the sector. He’s about his enterprise and about working. That’s one thing I actually respect.”
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