Former Ohio State RB Tabbed As ‘Best Fit’ To Replace Nick Chubb

Nick Chubb has been a staple of the Cleveland Browns’ lineup for several years when he’s healthy.

The veteran back has provided great value to the Browns throughout his tenure, but injuries and age have the team wondering if his time in town is limited.

Chubb is entering free agency for the first time in his career, and while he’s indicated that he’d like to stay in Cleveland, the organization might have its sights set elsewhere.

The Browns are seemingly looking for a complete refresh, including finding a brand-new lead back to provide a change of pace.

With that in mind, in a recent ESPN article, Matt Bowen highlighted J.K. Dobbins as a potential player to replace Chubb in the offense.

“How about Dobbins signing with the Browns to replace Nick Chubb as Cleveland’s new lead runner? The offense fits his traits well with both gap and zone schemes. And Dobbins looked explosive on the tape throughout last season, though he missed four games because of a knee sprain. He finished 2024 with 907 rushing yards and seven touchdowns,” Bowen said.

Bowen mentioned the fact that Dobbins was an explosive player last year, and even though he missed four games, he still had over 900 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.

This could be a player the Browns could consider, especially since he’ll be less expensive than some of the other free agent backs that don’t have the injury history and risk for re-injury.

The Browns need some major changes, and shaking up the backfield is certainly a way for them to do that.

Three questions surrounding Ohio State football’s best prospects entering 2025 NFL Draft

COLUMBUS, Ohio — This time of year, NFL executives are faced with potential franchise-defining questions.

Some answers might come from Ohio State football and its potential record-breaking number of prospects heading into the 2025 NFL Draft.

Ohio State hiring Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator makes zero sense for Buckeyes

Ohio State has found their replacement for former defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, and it figures to annoy Buckeye faithful considerably.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, former Lions head coach Matt Patricia is taking over for Knowles, who left to take the same position at Penn State this offseason.

Patricia has had a truly fascinating career as a football coach; where most coaches stick to one side of the ball or the other, Patricia has bounced around between offensive and defensive position coaching, before settling in properly as a linebackers coach, and eventually defensive coordinator in New England. Prior to that, most of his experience had been on the offensive side of the ball.

While bringing in a coordinator with Patricia’s level of experience is normally a good sign for a football program, in this case he comes with a fairly sizable number of red flags.

Patricia comes from the Bill Belichick coaching tree, which has a track record of producing…less than stellar results when those birds leave the nest. And it’s not like Patricia was all that good during his stint as New England’s defensive coordinator; in six years, the Patriots ranked outside the top 25 NFL teams in yards allowed more times (three) than they ranked in the top 10 (two) in that category, although they did rank in the top 10 in scoring defense throughout those six years.