The Cleveland Browns are going into the 2025 season with a ton of questions at very important positions. Quarterback will be the number one question for the team to answer as they have four or five different possibilities as a starter.
However, it was a former four time pro bowler who found a different team.
Breaking: Browns Officially Lose 4-Time Pro Bowler To AFC Rival
A one-year contract is expected to be signed by the Houston Texans with former Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported:
Chubb is the second former starter for an AFC North team that the Texans are poaching in two offseasons. Last year, the team traded for former Bengals starter Joe Mixon, who took over the starting gig in Houston. Mixon earned his second career Pro Bowl nod after a season with 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns.
The addition of Chubb also means the Texans will face a roster crunch at the running back position soon. Chubb will be the fifth running back on a team that just spent a fourth-round pick on adding depth to the backfield, re-signed Dare Ogunbowale earlier in the offseason and signed Mixon to a three-year extension last year.
The Texans will have five running backs on their roster once the Chubb signing becomes official.
- Joe Mixon
- Nick Chubb
- Dameon Pierce
- Woody Marks
- Dare Ogunbowale
Mixon was one of the Texans’ biggest offensive acquisitions last offseason. The team traded a seventh-round pick to Cincinnati for the veteran then granted him a three-year, $27 million extension. Mixon immediately took over the top spot in the Texans’ backfield and recorded 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns on 245 rush attempts. In 14 games – he missed Weeks 3 through 5 with an ankle injury – he averaged 4.1 yards per carry in 14 games.
Chubb is the team’s latest acquisition, a late free agency signing as the team prepares for its mandatory veteran minicamp, which starts Tuesday. In eight games during the 2024 season, Chubb compiled 332 yards on 102 rushes (3.3 yards per carry) and three rushing touchdowns. He also caught five passes for 31 yards and added a receiving touchdown as well. The former Brown is coming off of a season-ending broken foot and two straight seasons playing in fewer than 10 games.
In 2022, Pierce, a fourth-round rookie, took over the Texans’ starting running back role. He went on to rush for 939 yards and four touchdowns on 220 attempts (4.3 yards per carry) but suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 13. After a slow start to the 2023 season and another ankle injury, Pierce was supplanted as the Texans’ starter by Devin Singletary, and he remained relegated to the backup role behind Mixon last year.
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