On Sunday, the Browns had a complete meltdown against the New York Jets. It looked like Nick Chubb put the game away with a touchdown, and the next thing you know, the Jets won 31-30.
And now, Nick Chubb said that this late-game touchdown is what cost the Browns the game.
NICK CHUBB. THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
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“Yeah, I probably shouldn’t have scored right there. Honestly, looking back at it, it cost us the game. A lot of things went wrong, not just one thing. But collectively as a unit, as a team, we could’ve all done things different. But it’s only a problem because we didn’t win. So I probably should’ve went down.”
Chubb did say that he scored because he just assumed that it was going to put the game away. And, we can’t really blame him. It’s pretty difficult to lose in that fashion.
“At the end of the day, I’ve been in that situation before and so I really can’t put it on anyone but myself at this point. I think the biggest thing is I was aware of what was going on and I thought the game was over, if I’m being honest.”
Kevin Stefanski said that he even wishes that he communicated with Chubb in the huddle.
“That’s something that’s my responsibility to communicate to that huddle. Putting yourself up potentially 14 points inside of two minutes, you should close out that game. Yes, I wish I had said that to Nick and Nick would’ve done it.”
This contributed to the Browns loss in some way, but it was mainly a defense issue. If you’re up by 13 with less than two minutes to go in the game, you should win that. But, it’s just yet another thing that the Browns will have to communicate on and need to fix for the rest of the season.